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10 Best Movies Like Ylijäämänainen

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

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#1
Carne

Carne

1991★ 6.8

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

After a dreadful incident coupled with an ungovernable paroxysm of violence, a butcher will fall into a downward spiral that will burn to the ground whatever dignity still remained...

#2
Mango Yellow

Mango Yellow

2002★ 6.6

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

The lives of a macho butcher, his wife, a lonely waitress, a sadist and a flophouse manager intersect in Recife, Brazil....

#3
An Irish Goodbye

An Irish Goodbye

2022★ 6.6

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

In rural Northern Ireland, following the untimely death of their mother, a young man with Down syndrome and his estranged brother discover her unfulfilled bucket list....

#4
A Better Life

A Better Life

2011★ 6.3

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

Yann, a cook, and Nadia, a waitress and mother of 9-year-old child, decide to risk everything on the purchase of a restaurant. With plenty of talent, energy, love and dreams, but ...

#5
The Obscure Spring

The Obscure Spring

2014★ 6.9

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

Igor is a plumber; Pina serves coffee. It is winter and they both deeply desire each other, but they are not free. In trying to figure out how to realize their love, she decides to...

#6
Pickpocket

Pickpocket

1997★ 7.2

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

A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt....