Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Soft Course

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

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#1
The German Lesson

The German Lesson

2019★ 6.5

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

In a small North German village a drama played out during and shortly after the Second World War about duty versus individual conscience and morality....

#2
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#3
Western

Western

2017★ 6.6

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

A group of German construction workers set out for a foreign construction site in the Bulgarian province. The strange country awakens adventure feelings among the men. At the same ...

#4
The Last Execution

The Last Execution

2021★ 6.2

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

The ambitious scientist Franz Walter doesn't hesitate when he is promised a professorship at the university. He immediately accepts, pledges absolute loyalty to the system and agre...

#5
Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

Someday We'll Tell Each Other Everything

2023★ 5.8

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

Set in a warm summer in 1990 in former East Germany, it follows a young woman who begins a relationship with a charismatic farmer who is twice her age....

#6
Jerichow

Jerichow

2009★ 6.5

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

In a small Northern German town, a dishonourably discharged Afghanistan veteran is offered a job as a deliveryman by an alcoholic Turkish entrepreneur, through which the former mee...

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