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10 Best Movies Like Breaking

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

#1
Bawaal

Bawaal

2023★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ajay Dixit, an ordinary history teacher in a high school, enjoys mini celebrityhood in his town courtesy of the fake image he has built. He shares a strained relationship with his ...

#2
The Butcher Boy

The Butcher Boy

1917★ 6.1

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

Customers and clerks frolic in a general store. Roscoe walks out of the freezer wearing a fur coat, then does some clever cleaver tossing. In Buster's film debut he buys a pail of ...

#3
Unedited Footage of a Bear

Unedited Footage of a Bear

2014★ 6.9

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

This is unedited raw footage of a bear I filmed with my cell phone. I'm not sure what kind of bear this is....

#4
Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

Zatoichi: Darkness Is His Ally

1989★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Breaking for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Older, wiser but still a wandering loner, the blind, peace-loving masseur Ichi seeks a peaceful life in a rural village. When he's caught in the middle of a power struggle between ...

#5
Three Minutes: A Lengthening

Three Minutes: A Lengthening

2022★ 7.2

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

The story of the only three minutes of footage —a home movie shot by David Kurtz in 1938— showing images of the Jewish inhabitants of Nasielsk (Poland) before the beginning of the ...

#6
Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation

Belle and Sebastian: Next Generation

2022★ 5.9

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

10-year-old Sebastien reluctantly spends his vacation in the mountains with his grandmother and aunt. Helping them with the sheep is hardly an exciting prospect for a city boy like...