Movies like The Seventh Continent: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Seventh Continent (1989) — a drama film directed by Michael Haneke — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Seventh Continent most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like nihilism, boredom and modernity. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance 1995★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Machinist 2004★ 7.5
Shares: Drama
Trevor, an insomniac lathe operator, experiences unusual occurrences at work and home. A strange man follows him everywhere, but no one else seems to notice him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I'm Thinking of Ending Things 2020★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.
Stream in India on Netflix
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An American Rhapsody 2001★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has trouble adjusting. The daughter then decides to travel to Budapest to discover her identity.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Anniversary 2025★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A close-knit family is caught in the turmoil of a controversial rising movement known as "The Change.” Ellen and Paul witness their lives fall apart when Ellen's former student Liz reappears and starts dating their son. As Liz becomes a part of the Taylor family, tensions rise and loyalties are tested.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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Antares 2004★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
A deadly car crash sets off three parallel stories of women at crisis points, faltering behind the doors of the same, plain Vienna apartment block.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Thing with Feathers 2025★ 6.5
Shares: Drama
Following the death of his wife, a young father's hold on reality crumbles, and a strange presence begins to stalk him from the shadowy recesses of the apartment he shares with his two young sons.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play, Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
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Lords of Chaos 2018★ 6.8
Shares: Drama
A teenager's quest to launch Norwegian Black Metal in Oslo in the 1990s results in a very violent outcome.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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I Smile Back 2015★ 6.1
Shares: Drama
Laney is an attractive, intelligent suburban wife and devoted mother of two adorable children. She has the perfect husband who plays basketball with the kids in the driveway, a pristine house, and a shiny SUV for carting the children to their next activity. However, just beneath the façade lie depression and disillusionment that send her careening into a secret world of reckless compulsion. Only very real danger will force her to face the painful root of her destructiveness and its crumbling effect on those she loves.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Benny's Video 1992★ 6.9
Shares: Drama
A 14-year-old video enthusiast obsessed with violent films decides to make one of his own and show it to his parents, with tragic results.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Topside 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Deep in the underbelly of New York City, a five year-old girl and her mother live among a community that has claimed the abandoned subway tunnels as their home. After a sudden police-mandated eviction, the pair are forced to flee aboveground into a brutal winter night. Determined to return home, they fight to find shelter as their world is thrown into chaos.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Natural Born Killers 1994★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Tobacconist 2018★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
Vienna, 1937, on the eve of the annexation of Austria into Nazi Germany. The young and inexperienced Franz Huchel begins to learn about both the joys and hardships of life by working as an apprentice to the mutilated war veteran Otto Trsnjek in a small tobacco shop, where he meets the famous psychiatrist Sigmund Freud, a regular customer, who will become a valuable friend in times of chaos and uncertainty.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The American Friend 1977★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
Tom Ripley, an American who deals in forged art, is slighted at an auction in Hamburg by picture framer Jonathan Zimmerman. When Ripley is asked by gangster Raoul Minot to kill a rival, he suggests Zimmerman, and the two, exploiting Zimmerman's terminal illness, coerce him into being a hitman.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Pawnbroker 1965★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Julien Donkey-Boy 1999★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
Undiagnosed, untreated and generally untethered schizophrenic Julien lives with his pregnant younger sister, anorexic aspiring wrestler brother, sympathetic grandmother, and severely depressed and abusive German father.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Sunset Limited 2011★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
A deeply religious black ex-con thwarts the suicide attempt of an asocial white college professor who tries to throw himself in front of an oncoming subway train, 'The Sunset Limited.' As the one attempts to connect on a rational, spiritual and emotional level, the other remains steadfast in his hard-earned despair. Locked in a philosophical debate, both passionately defend their personal credos and try to convert the other.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Tin Drum 1979★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
In 1924, Oskar Matzerath is born in the Free City of Danzig. At age three, he falls down a flight of stairs and stops growing. In 1939, World War II breaks out.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Citizen X 1995★ 7.2
Shares: Drama
Based on the true story of a Russian serial killer who, over many years, claimed victim to over 50 people. His victims were mostly under the age of 17. In what was then a communists state, the police investigations were hampered by bureaucracy, incompetence and those in power. The story is told from the viewpoint of the detective in charge of the case.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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The Road 2009★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now