15 Movies Like The State Against Mandela and the Others

Loved The State Against Mandela and the Others? 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.

Skin. Like. Sun.
#1

Skin. Like. Sun.

Real-life young couple Wim and Floor spend an afternoon in the sunwashed rooms of a crumbling home in Belgium. In a unique twist, this artistic erotic documentary is edited in nearly real-time. In the slowness, we get the build, the sweetness, and the sexiness. Forget about fingersnapping fast editing. Slow is where it’s at.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Brotherhood of the Wolf
#2

Brotherhood of the Wolf

In 18th century France, the Chevalier de Fronsac and his Native American friend Mani are sent by the King to the Gevaudan province to investigate the killings of hundreds by a mysterious beast.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Le Clitoris
#3

Le Clitoris

Women are lucky, they get to have the only organ in the human body dedicated exclusively for pleasure: the clitoris! In this humorous and instructive animated documentary, find out its unrecognized anatomy and its unknown herstory.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Miraculous World: Tokyo, Stellar Force
#4

Miraculous World: Tokyo, Stellar Force

Kagami drags Marinette to Tokyo to help the Stellars defeat a new supervillain, but Marinette soon realizes her friend has another, untold reason for this trip to Japan.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie
#5

Miraculous: Ladybug & Cat Noir, The Movie

After a guardian of magical jewels turns an awkward girl and a popular boy into superheroes, they can never reveal their identities — even to each other.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron
#6

De Gaulle: Tilting Iron

June, 1940. France collapses and signs the armistice. In the midst of the chaos, one man refuses to give up. Alone against the odds, this unknown general flees to London to save what remains of freedom.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Miraculous World: London, at the Edge of Time
#7

Miraculous World: London, at the Edge of Time

To save the future from a terrible fate, Marinette becomes Chronobug and teams up with Bunnyx to defeat a mysterious opponent who travels through time.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
#8

The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan

D'Artagnan, a spirited young Gascon, is left for dead after trying to save a noblewoman from being kidnapped. Once in Paris, he tries by all means to find his attackers, unaware that his quest will lead him to the very heart of a war where the future of France is at stake. Aided by King's Musketeers Athos, Porthos and Aramis, he faces the machinations of villainous Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter, while falling in love with Constance, the Queen's confidante.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Benedetta
#9

Benedetta

A 17th-century nun becomes entangled in a forbidden lesbian affair with a novice. But it is Benedetta's shocking religious visions that threaten to shake the Church to its core.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Pets on a Train
#10

Pets on a Train

When a train unexpectedly starts up, taking only pets with it, the animals discover that Hans, a badger with a grudge is behind it all. While the crash seems inevitable, the animals can count on Falcon, a roguish Raccoon who will do anything to save them.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Arthur and the Invisibles
#11

Arthur and the Invisibles

Ten-year-old Arthur, in a bid to save his grandfather's house from being demolished, goes looking for some much-fabled hidden treasure in the land of the Minimoys, tiny people living in harmony with nature.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain
#12

Little Amélie or the Character of Rain

The world is a perplexing, peaceful mystery to Amélie until a miraculous encounter with chocolate ignites her wild sense of curiosity. As she develops a deep attachment to her family's housekeeper, Nishio-san, Amélie discovers the wonders of nature as well as the emotional truths hidden beneath the surface of her family's idyllic life as foreigners in post-war Japan.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Curiosa
#13

Curiosa

A passionate love story set against a backdrop of sexual freedom, loosely based on the relationship between 19th century authors Pierre Louÿs and Marie de Régnier.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Persepolis
#14

Persepolis

In 1970s Iran, Marjane 'Marji' Satrapi watches events through her young eyes and her idealistic family of a long dream being fulfilled of the hated Shah's defeat in the Iranian Revolution of 1979. However as Marji grows up, she witnesses first hand how the new Iran, now ruled by Islamic fundamentalists, has become a repressive tyranny on its own.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.

Arco
#15

Arco

Ten-year-old Arco lives in a far future. During his first flight in his rainbow suit, he loses control and falls into the past. Iris, a girl his age from 2075, comes to his rescue and tries by any means to help send him back to his own era.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The State Against Mandela and the Others.