15 Movies Like Werckmeister Harmonies

Loved Werckmeister Harmonies? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act
#1

The Amazing Digital Circus: The Last Act

With Caine gone and the circus dark, the cast are left with only the mistakes and traumas of their pasts to keep them company. As the prospect of eternity closes in around them, they discover the truth about the Digital Circus and its history. Will they come to terms with what they uncover, or will they make... the other choice? Also, presumably at some point someone says something funny, because this ending can’t be THAT depressing, can it? A theatrical screening of episode 8 and the all new, hour-long episode 9.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Rush
#2

Rush

In the 1970s, a rivalry propels race car drivers Niki Lauda and James Hunt to fame and glory — until a horrible accident threatens to end it all.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

EO
#3

EO

The world is a mysterious place when seen through the eyes of an animal. EO, a grey donkey with melancholic eyes, meets good and bad people on his life’s path, experiences joy and pain, endures the wheel of fortune randomly turn his luck into disaster and his despair into unexpected bliss. But not even for a moment does he lose his innocence.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

The Life of Chuck
#4

The Life of Chuck

In this extraordinary story of an ordinary man, Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Synecdoche, New York
#5

Synecdoche, New York

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Satantango
#6

Satantango

Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Return Ticket
#7

Return Ticket

Five old men and a kid are travelling in a train's cabin without purpose. They travel because it's free and they don't have another place to stay. From their conversations we learn the tragedies of their lives. Also the hidden interlockings of their faith will out slowly.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Werckmeister Harmonies.

Hereafter
#8

Hereafter

Three people — a blue-collar American, a French journalist and a London school boy — are touched by death in different ways.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Origin
#9

Origin

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Nightmare Alley
#10

Nightmare Alley

A roustabout joins a traveling carny and schemes to figure out the mind-reading act of Mademoiselle Zeena and her alcoholic husband.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Fatima
#11

Fatima

In 1917, outside the parish of Fátima, Portugal, a 10-year-old girl and her two younger cousins witness multiple visitations of the Virgin Mary, who tells them that only prayer and suffering will bring an end to World War I. As secularist government officials and Church leaders try to force the children to recant their story, word of the sighting spreads across the country, inspiring religious pilgrims to flock to the site in hopes of witnessing a miracle..

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.

Son of Saul
#12

Son of Saul

In the horror of 1944 Auschwitz, a prisoner forced to burn the corpses of his own people finds moral survival trying to save from the flames the body of a boy he takes for his son, seeking to give him a proper Jewish burial.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Werckmeister Harmonies.

Dealer
#13

Dealer

A drug dealer spends his day pedaling around Budapest visiting friends and clients.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Werckmeister Harmonies.

Feels Like Home
#14

Feels Like Home

Rita, an ordinary, but lonely woman is kidnapped. Her captors are the Árpáds; they claim she is not called Rita but Szilvi, a runaway from their family. Rita eventually understands that the only way out is in - to escape she must impersonate Szilvi. The more she becomes the lost girl the more she finds out about the family - and understands that her life is on the line.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Werckmeister Harmonies.

Peaceful Warrior
#15

Peaceful Warrior

A chance encounter with a stranger changes the life of a college gymnast.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Werckmeister Harmonies.