Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Code Noir

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

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#1
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#2
Mindwalk

Mindwalk

1991★ 6.9

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

On the French island of Mont Saint-Michel, Jack, a failed presidential candidate, Tom, a poet and Sonia, a physicist, engage in an intellectual conversation about politics, philoso...

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#5
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

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