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10 Best Movies Like Doctor Who: The Promise

If you loved Doctor Who: The Promise, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Who: The Promise for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#2
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion

1970★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Who: The Promise for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Rome, Italy. After committing a heinous crime, a senior police officer exposes evidence incriminating him because his moral commitment prevents him from circumventing the law and t...

#3
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Who: The Promise for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#4
Vermiglio

Vermiglio

2024★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Who: The Promise for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the last days of the Second World War, a deserting soldier disrupts a tranquil and isolated mountain community. For one family, his arrival brings excitement and romance, but tr...

#5
Rambo III

Rambo III

1988★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Who: The Promise for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Combat has taken its toll on Rambo, but he's finally begun to find inner peace in a monastery. When Rambo's friend and mentor Col. Trautman asks for his help on a top secret missio...

#6
Quigley Down Under

Quigley Down Under

1990★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Doctor Who: The Promise for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

American Matt Quigley answers Australian land baron Elliott Marston's ad for a sharpshooter to kill the dingoes on his property. But when Quigley finds out that Marston's real targ...