Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Cabaret

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

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#1
Coda

Coda

2020★ 6.0

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

A famous pianist at the twilight of his career meets a free-spirited music critic who soon becomes his rock as his mental state deteriorates....

#2
Tokyo Tribe

Tokyo Tribe

2014★ 6.5

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

In an alternate Japan, territorial street gangs form opposing factions collectively known as the Tokyo Tribes. Merra, leader of the Wu-Ronz tribe of Bukuro, joins forces with heavy...

#3
Female Yakuza Tale

Female Yakuza Tale

1973★ 6.1

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

Ocho is accidentally captured by a drug trafficking cartel who use Chinese women to smuggle drugs into Japan by hiding it in their vaginas. She is tortured, and manages to escape, ...

#4
Swallowtail Butterfly

Swallowtail Butterfly

1996★ 7.4

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

The struggles of a group of outcasts living in "Yentown", in an alternate-future Japan....

#5
Blue Giant

Blue Giant

2023★ 7.8

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

High school student Dai Miyamoto has his life is turned upside down the day he discovers jazz. Picking up a saxophone and leaving his sleepy hometown for the bustling nightclubs of...

#6
King Creole

King Creole

1958★ 6.4

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

Danny Fisher, young delinquent, flunks out of high school. He quits his job as a busboy in a nightclub, and one night he gets the chance to perform. Success is imminent and the loc...

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