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10 Best Movies Like Actor

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

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#1
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#2
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001★ 7.5

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

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely t...

#3
Grace of My Heart

Grace of My Heart

1996★ 6.1

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

Philadelphia teenager Edna Buxton wins a talent contest during the early rock 'n' roll era, changes her name to Denise Waverly and moves to New York City to make it big. Though she...

#4
Greater

Greater

2016★ 7.2

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

The incredible true story of the greatest walk-on in the history of college football....

#5
The Patsy

The Patsy

1964★ 6.2

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

Eccentric bellhop Stanley Belt is recruited unexpectedly by the comedy team of a recently deceased entertainer. Stanley struggles to become a song-and-dance man as the team grooms ...

#6
Untamed Heart

Untamed Heart

1993★ 6.9

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

Caroline, a young waitress who seems to have bad taste in men, is on her way home one night when thugs attempt to rape her. Adam, the mysterious busboy who works at the same diner,...

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