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10 Best Movies Like Common

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

#1
Carlos

Carlos

2010★ 7.0

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

The story of Venezuelan revolutionary, Ilich Ramirez Sanchez, who founded a worldwide terrorist organization and raided the OPEC headquarters in 1975 before being caught by the Fre...

#2
Requiem for the American Dream

Requiem for the American Dream

2015★ 7.7

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

Through interviews filmed over four years, Noam Chomsky unpacks the principles that have brought us to the crossroads of historically unprecedented inequality – tracing a half-cent...

#3
Snow Day

Snow Day

2000★ 5.1

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

When an entire town in upstate New York is closed down by an unexpected snowfall, a "snow day" begins when a group of elementary school kids, led by Natalie Brandston, try to ensur...

#4
Spike Island

Spike Island

2012★ 6.3

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

Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses....

#5
TwentyFourSeven

TwentyFourSeven

1998★ 6.3

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

In a typical English working-class town, the juveniles have nothing more to do than hang around in gangs. One day, Alan Darcy, a highly motivated man with the same kind of youth ex...

#6
Reg

Reg

2016★ 5.0

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

In June 2003, Reg Keys and his wife Sally return to their home in the Welsh countryside. As they switch on the TV to hear six military policemen have been murdered in Iraq, two men...