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10 Best Movies Like Coal

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

#1
On Board

On Board

1998★ 7.3

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

Sailors want to remain in their small world, which is warm and cozy and full of lies, but their routine life turns upside down when one of them gets mugged and badly beaten....

#2
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#3
Blue Velvet

Blue Velvet

1986★ 7.6

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

The discovery of a severed human ear found in a field leads a young man on an investigation related to a beautiful, mysterious nightclub singer and a group of psychopathic criminal...

#4
Gladiator

Gladiator

2000★ 8.2

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

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Jackie Brown

Jackie Brown

1997★ 7.4

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

Jackie Brown is a flight attendant who gets caught in the middle of smuggling cash into the country for her gunrunner boss. When the cops try to use Jackie to get to her boss, she ...