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10 Best Movies Like The Painting Pool

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

#1
I'm Taraneh, 15

I'm Taraneh, 15

2002★ 6.7

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

Taraneh is a model 15-year-old Iranian girl, studious and filial, who supports her ailing grandmother with a job at a photo shop and visits her father (who has been imprisoned for ...

#2
Hush! Girls Don't Scream

Hush! Girls Don't Scream

2013★ 6.6

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

Hours before her scheduled marriage, young bride-to-be Shirin murders a man. The crime is completely unexpected and goes against everything we know of her. We learn that Shirin has...

#3
Akide

Akide

2017★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Painting Pool for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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#4
RoboCop

RoboCop

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Painting Pool for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In RoboCop, the year is 2028 and multinational conglomerate OmniCorp is at the center of robot technology. Overseas, their drones have been used by the military for years, but hav...

#5
Taken

Taken

2008★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Painting Pool for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Bryan Mills, a former government operative, is trying to reconnect with his teenage daughter Kim. After reluctantly agreeing with his ex-wife to let Kim go to Paris on vacation wit...

#6
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Painting Pool for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacom...