
Movies that feel likePersepolis (2007)
If you loved Persepolis, the closest films we have are Biutiful (2010), The Straight Story (1999) and Waltz with Bashir (2008). All three share Persepolis' contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024).
Can't choose? Answer three questions and get one movie for tonight.
Not on subscription streaming right now. Rent or buy below.
If Persepolis hit the spot, these will too

Contemplative and wistful in the same breath
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
The difference: Takes it somewhere less bleak than Persepolis does

The same preoccupation in both: adult animation
The difference: Leans harder into documentary than Persepolis does




Both lean on stillness more than on drama

Both are built on the same subject: adult animation

Animation built on bleakness, twice over

Animation with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: parents and children
The difference: Made in the 1950s, in a different era of the craft

Drama with a pulse of bleakness, in both cases
In the mood for more contemplative?
all contemplative movies →The best-reviewed films that share Persepolis’ defining feeling.









