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10 Best Movies Like The Painting Lesson

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

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#1
Chile '76

Chile '76

2022★ 7.0

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

Chile, 1976. Carmen heads off to her beach house. When the family priest asks her to take care of a young man he is sheltering in secret, Carmen steps onto unexplored territories, ...

#2
Missing

Missing

1982★ 7.2

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

Based on the real-life experiences of Ed Horman. A conservative American businessman travels to Chile to investigate the sudden disappearance of his son after a military takeover. ...

#3
Post Mortem

Post Mortem

2010★ 6.1

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

In Chile, 1973, during the last days of Salvador Allende's presidency, an employee at a Morgue's recording office falls for a burlesque dancer who mysteriously disappears....

#4
Death and the Maiden

Death and the Maiden

1994★ 7.1

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

A political activist is convinced that her guest is a man who once tortured her for the government....

#5
Machuca

Machuca

2004★ 7.8

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

Santiago, capital of Chile during the Marxist government of elected, highly controversial president Salvador Allende. Father McEnroe supports his leftist views by introducing a pro...

#6
Spider

Spider

2019★ 6.9

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

Three friends are part of a fascist opposition group in the chaotic Chile of the early 70's and together commit a political crime that changes the history of the country and incide...

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