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10 Best Movies Like The Purple Plain

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

#1
Day of the Woman

Day of the Woman

1978★ 6.0

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

A young, beautiful career woman rents a backwoods cabin to write her first novel. Attacked by a group of local lowlifes and left for dead, she devises a horrific plan to inflict re...

#2
The Last Emperor

The Last Emperor

1987★ 7.6

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

A dramatic history of Pu Yi, the last of the Emperors of China, from his lofty birth and brief reign in the Forbidden City, the object of worship by half a billion people; through ...

#3
The Importance of Being Earnest

The Importance of Being Earnest

1952★ 7.2

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

Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a co...

#4
The Way to Sich

The Way to Sich

1994★ 8.0

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

At the beginning of the XVII century, events take place preceding the liberation struggle led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky. A young boy Pavlo Pokhylenko leaves his native Kaniv to join th...

#5
The Devil Makes Three

The Devil Makes Three

1952★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Purple Plain for fans of Crime. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Jeff Elliot is an American GI investigating a black market gang in Munich....

#6
Flightplan

Flightplan

2005★ 6.5

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

Flying at 40,000 feet in a state-of-the art aircraft that she helped design, Kyle Pratt's 6-year-old daughter Julia vanishes without a trace. Or did she? No one on the plane believ...