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10 Best Movies Like The Vanquished

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

#1
The Red Sheik

The Red Sheik

1962★ 6.0

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

For decades Sultan Hassan has been suppressing the desert tribes with violence and terror. In an oasis, the tribal prince Ajbar has been hiding with his own from Hassan's soldiers....

#2
Strange Object

Strange Object

2020★ 6.0

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

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Afri...

#3
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#4
Nullarbor

Nullarbor

2011★ 7.3

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

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain....

#5
Songs Overheard in the Shadows

Songs Overheard in the Shadows

2025★ 8.0

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

Balanced on the edge of what is visible, everything comes from nothingness and returns to nothingness. Strands of consciousness trying to convene with each other. Forms of personal...

#6
Untamable Angelique

Untamable Angelique

1967★ 6.5

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

Angelique goes in search of her husband Joffrey de Peyrac who did not die on the stake....