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10 Best Movies Like Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

If you loved Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

1957★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916....

#2
Lolita

Lolita

1962★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Cha...

#3
Eyes Wide Shut

Eyes Wide Shut

1999★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexua...

#4
The Third Man

The Third Man

1949★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died. Martins develops a c...

#5
Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

1975★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndo...

#6
2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

1968★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Humanity finds a mysterious object buried beneath the lunar surface and sets off to find its origins with the help of HAL 9000, the world's most advanced super computer....