Movies Similar to An Abundance of Dunes

My Super Heroine(2024)

In the early days of the Republic, legendary martial artist Ye Ruzhou suffers a severe injury, losing her memory and winding up in the impoverished alley of Minfu Lane. By a twist of fate, she crosses paths with the carefree Chen Awang, and the two fall for each other. When local tyrant Zheng Juehou intensifies his hold over the neighborhood, Ye Ruzhou rises to defend her new community. Her actions, however, draw unforeseen danger, and together with Chen Awang, she faces the challenge to protect Minfu Lane’s hard-won peace.

The Recital(2003)

A Saturday afternoon piano recital becomes a battlefield as a girl and her brother strive to become "real" musicians.

Sharpie(2023)

A shoe. A sharpie. A house party. A high school crush.

Jane Austen's Period Drama(2024)

England, 1813. In the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot.

Nong Teng(2006)

Teng is the lead actor of a nationally famous Thai folk drama playhouse. Showing great skill as an actor, Teng becomes the star of the show and helps the playhouse to gain money and fame that is, until a movie studio shows up and claims that it has the right to remove the playhouse and turn it into a movie set. Teng and his partner Nhong are disappointed and strongly against the idea. But even more important for Teng is Nuenchan, the beautiful actress he has always dreamed of. Now, it's time to choose between his theatrical team and the girl he loves.

Period Drama(2023)

It is 1810 and fifteen year old Jane is about to meet her fiancée and get her period. Both for the first time. And at the same time.

Melia(2023)

A little girl sees her anxieties manifesting themselves during her sleep.

Bad Beat(2018)

A young man fueled by the arrogance of his opponent must win a game of blackjack at any cost, even if it means bending the rules.

The Street Performers(2015)

This documentary-style short follows two impoverished teens performing on the streets of London in the days leading up to the London Blitz of 1940.

Purgatory(2023)

A young man, William Hawthorne, gets drafted into a brutal war for the U.S. Once on the battlefield, William loses his squad after a deadly bombing and searches for salvation.

The Hallucinations

1728. Heir to the throne, unruly princess Elizaveta has never wished for queendom. No doctor could explain a strange tinnitus in her ear, manifesting through sounds and music from our age. Even after doing everything she could to ruin her debut in high society, the king manages to arrange a marriage for her against her will.

From One Pocket Into Another(2019)

In the backdrop of 1995 East London, not all is as it seems as Frenchy persuades his eccentric gang to steal from The Stanfields, an impregnable family run drug ring.

Sacrament(2023)

In the 1950s, two religious young men go on a camping trip together. As their forbidden love for each other begins to boil into reality, Belford battles with his inner truth and inner demons.

Celestina: Burlesk Dancer(2024)

Set in the Philippines during the 1940's, Celestina is a story about a woman, a burlesk dancer, who struggles to provide for her family while her husband is a gambling and womanizing drunkard. Despite the hardships, Celestina perseveres and finds strength in her love for her son.

Your Move(2023)

A 1960s period thriller centring around a gang of ex-airforce servicemen who now run a nefarious smuggling operation.

Philia(2025)

After a sudden revelation about a partner, two close friends have a heart-to-heart that could tear them apart.

Je ne te dirai plus oui, Endy(2024)

Zanni(2026)

A period drama set between Scotland and Italy.

Carter(2025)

In this H.P. Lovecraft adaptation, Carter, a grief-stricken young man, and his mentor Warren, an elder female professor of the occult, search for a portal to the underworld in an abandoned cemetery.

Witches of God(2024)

In a world ravaged by the plague, women hunted as witches and burned alive. Three women stand against this tyranny as one is accused of witchcraft. Keeping their own secrets and demons from each other they try to survive the dangerous journey.