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10 Best Movies Like Woodpecker

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

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Woodpecker 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....

#2
Élisa

Élisa

1995★ 6.4

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

Marie has had a tough childhood ever since her mother Elisa committed suicide. She has spent most of her life in an orphanage and now makes a living as a small time criminal in Par...

#3
Another World

Another World

2022★ 6.8

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

An executive manager, his wife and his family, at the point when his professional choices are about to overturn all their lives. Philippe Lemesle and his wife are separating, their...

#4
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#5
A Secret

A Secret

2007★ 6.5

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

In 1953, a sensitive French boy finds out from a neighbor that his family's Jewish. François Grimbert becomes a physician, and gradually peels the layers of his buried family histo...

#6
Love Me No More

Love Me No More

2008★ 7.1

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

Antoine Méliot is around 40 years old and has everything he needs to be happy: a beautiful wife, two adorable children, friends he can count on, a pretty house in the Yvelines and ...

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