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10 Best Movies Like The Orphanage

If you loved The Orphanage, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

BARDO, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A renowned Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker living in Los Angeles, after being named the recipient of a prestigious international award, is compelled to return to his n...

#2
Under the Sand

Under the Sand

2001★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When her husband goes missing at the beach, a female professor begins to mentally disintegrate as her denial of his disappearance becomes delusional....

#3
Welcome to Sarajevo

Welcome to Sarajevo

1997★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Follow a group of international journalists into the heart of the once cosmopolitan city of Sarajevo—now a danger zone of sniper and mortar attacks where residents still live. Whil...

#4
Surf Nazis Must Die

Surf Nazis Must Die

1987★ 3.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Action. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When a Black oil well worker is killed by a band of California neo-Nazis, his gun-wielding grandmother busts out of her retirement home to avenge him....

#5
A Colony

A Colony

2019★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Camille wanders through the countryside talking with frogs and chickens: she sails through life as a carefree soul. But for her older sister, the introverted Mylia, things are more...

#6
White Sun

White Sun

2016★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Orphanage for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Pooja lives with her mother in a village in Nepal. Though saddened by the death of her grandfather, she is secretly thrilled at the prospect of meeting the man she hopes may ...