Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Cancer

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

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#1
Origin

Origin

2023★ 6.4

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

While investigating the global phenomenon of caste and its dark influence on society, a journalist faces unfathomable personal loss and uncovers the beauty of human resilience....

#2
The Boy in the Woods

The Boy in the Woods

2023★ 6.9

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

The remarkable true-life survival story of a Jewish boy hiding and being hunted in the forests of Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe, based on Maxwell Smart's memoir....

#3
Poison

Poison

2023★ 6.9

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

When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him....

#4
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

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

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#5
Boudica

Boudica

2023★ 5.8

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

Inspired by events in A.D. 60, Boudica follows the eponymous Celtic warrior who rules the Iceni people alongside her husband Prasutagus. When he dies at the hands of Roman soldiers...

#6
The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

1961★ 6.3

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

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women...

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