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10 Best Movies Like Tsotsi

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

#1
The Promise

The Promise

2005★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tsotsi for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

An orphaned girl, driven by poverty at such a young age, makes a promise with an enchantress. In return for beauty and the admiration of every man, she will never be with the man s...

#2
Next of Kin

Next of Kin

1982★ 6.2

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

After Linda inherits a retirement home, she witnesses a series of strange events which seem connected to a dark and unspeakable evil....

#3
Bruja

Bruja

2019★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tsotsi for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A single mother is an expert in black magic, but has never used it to do evil, until a prostitution network kidnaps her daughter....

#4
Dave Not Coming Back

Dave Not Coming Back

2020★ 6.6

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

Two friends, Don and Dave were diving in the cave of Boesmansgat: 283 meters. Right before surfacing up, Dave - who'd just broken a world record - finds a body. They decide to dive...

#5
Swing Time

Swing Time

1936★ 6.8

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

Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will allow him to marry her. He and business partner Pop go to New York where they r...

#6
Omar

Omar

2013★ 7.1

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

The drama, the story of three childhood friends and a young woman who are torn apart in their fight for freedom, is billed as the first fully-financed film to come out of the Pales...