Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Brainwashed

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

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#1
This Crazy Heart

This Crazy Heart

2017★ 7.3

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

When 30-ish rich kid Lenny has to take care of 15-year-old David, who’s suffering from heart disease, it’s the beginning of a wild adventure. Lenny fearlessly breaks all the rules ...

#2
The Odessa File

The Odessa File

1974★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Brainwashed for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out to hunt down an SS Captain and former concentration camp commander. In doing so he di...

#3
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#4
The Book Thief

The Book Thief

2013★ 7.5

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

While subjected to the horrors of WWII Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others. Under the stairs in her home, a Jewish refugee is being sh...

#5
The Scarlet and the Black

The Scarlet and the Black

1983★ 7.0

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

Fr. Hugh O'Flaherty is a Vatican official in 1943-45 who has been hiding downed pilots, escaped prisoners of war, and Italian resistance families. His activities become so large th...

#6
The Ogre

The Ogre

1996★ 6.4

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

Frenchman Abel Tiffauges is a naive man who lives a simple life working as a mechanic. Falsely accused of being a child abuser, he is recruited as a soldier when World War II begin...

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