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10 Best Movies Like 8 Things

If you loved 8 Things, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Argo

Argo

2012★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8 Things for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As the Iranian revolution reaches a boiling point, a CIA 'exfiltration' specialist concocts a risky plan to free six Americans who have found shelter at the home of the Canadian am...

#2
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8 Things for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#3
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8 Things for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8 Things for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8 Things for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#6
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 8 Things for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...