Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Control Room

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

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#1
Knock Down the House

Knock Down the House

2019★ 7.2

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

In 2018, a young bartender in the Bronx, a coal miner’s daughter in West Virginia, a grieving mother in Nevada and a registered nurse in Missouri join a movement of insurgent candi...

#2
Mikey and Nicky

Mikey and Nicky

1976★ 6.8

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

Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend sinc...

#3
Bob Roberts

Bob Roberts

1992★ 6.5

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

Millionaire conservative Bob Roberts launches an insurgent campaign against incumbent senator Brickley Paiste, firing up crowds at his rallies by singing '60s-style acoustic folk s...

#4
Super Size Me

Super Size Me

2004★ 6.7

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

Morgan Spurlock subjects himself to a diet based only on McDonald's fast food three times a day for thirty days without exercising to try to prove why so many Americans are fat or ...

#5
The Conversation

The Conversation

1974★ 7.5

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

A paranoid, secretive surveillance expert has a crisis of conscience when he suspects that the couple he is spying on will be murdered....

#6
The Hours

The Hours

2002★ 7.3

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

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories ...