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10 Best Movies Like The Salt of the Earth

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

#1
Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

1999★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Salt of the Earth for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winni...

#2
Pina

Pina

2011★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Salt of the Earth for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Pina is a feature-length dance film in 3D with the ensemble of the Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch, featuring the unique and inspiring art of the great German choreographer, who ...

#3
Natale in casa Cupiello

Natale in casa Cupiello

2020★ 6.7

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

Based on the tragicomedy written by Edoardo de Filippo in 1931, Christmas at the Cupiello's captures a life episode of a middle-class Italian family around Christmas. Shot in Neapo...

#4
Liza

Liza

1972★ 6.0

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

Liza meets the artist Giorgio and falls in love with him. She dreams of becoming the wife of Giorgio, but he is married. She dreams of being a close friend to him, but he has a fav...

#5
Beloved Sisters

Beloved Sisters

2014★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Salt of the Earth for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A love triangle forms between post-Enlightenment writer Friedrich Schiller and two sisters -- one who became his wife, and the other, his biographer....

#6
Port of Call

Port of Call

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Salt of the Earth for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Based on a real murder case where a dismembered corpse of a murdered 16-year-old prostitute girl was found in Hong Kong in 2008....