Movies Like Painless

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Pan's Labyrinth

2006·1h 58m·★ 8.2·Guillermo del Toro

Themes: post spanish civil war, franco regime (francoism)

Mirror

1975·1h 47m·★ 7.9·Andrei Tarkovsky

Themes: spanish civil war (1936-39), terminal illness

Running Out of Time

1999·1h 33m·★ 7.3·Johnnie To

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Never Open That Door

1952·1h 20m·★ 7.3·Carlos Hugo Christensen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Our Mother's House

1967·1h 45m·★ 7.2·Jack Clayton

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Eye of the Devil

1966·1h 36m·★ 6.1·J. Lee Thompson

TMDB recommendsHorror & Thriller

The Tailor of Panama

2001·1h 49m·★ 6.1·John Boorman

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

Alraune

1952·1h 32m·★ 6.0·Arthur Maria Rabenalt

TMDB recommendsDrama & Horror

Possum

2018·1h 25m·★ 5.8·Matthew Holness

Fans also likedDrama & Horror & Thriller

Salvador (Puig Antich)

2006·2h 17m·★ 7.2·Manuel Huerga

Fans also likedStarring Bea Segura

Billy Elliot

2000·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Stephen Daldry

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As Good as It Gets

1997·2h 19m·★ 7.7·James L. Brooks

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Nocturnal Animals

2016·1h 56m·★ 7.4·Tom Ford

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

Ghostland

2018·1h 31m·★ 6.4·Pascal Laugier

Fans also likedHorror & Thriller

Suddenly, Last Summer

1959·1h 54m·★ 7.4·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Fans also likedThriller & Drama

Rise of the Planet of the Apes

2011·1h 45m·★ 7.6·Rupert Wyatt

Fans also likedThriller & Drama

The Killing of a Sacred Deer

2017·2h 1m·★ 7.0·Yorgos Lanthimos

Fans also likedDrama & Thriller

Island of Lost Souls

1932·1h 11m·★ 7.3·Erle C. Kenton

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No Way Out

1950·1h 46m·★ 7.4·Joseph L. Mankiewicz

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Stonehearst Asylum

2014·1h 52m·★ 6.8·Brad Anderson

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How Good Is Painless?

Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.