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10 Best Movies Like Director

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

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#1
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#2
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#3
The Forge

The Forge

2024★ 8.2

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

19 year old Isaiah Wright lives for basketball and video games. A year out of high school, he has no job, no plans, and no idea how to be a man. At odds with his single mother Cynt...

#4
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022★ 7.6

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

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explore...

#5
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Director 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...

#6
Swiped

Swiped

2025★ 6.6

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

Whitney Wolfe uses extraordinary grit and ingenuity to break into the male-dominated tech industry....

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