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10 Best Movies Like Eel

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

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#1
Overnight

Overnight

2003★ 6.3

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

Alternately hilarious and horrifying, Overnight chronicles one man's misadventures of making a Hollywood movie. It starts out as a rags to riches story as Troy Duffy, a Boston-bred...

#2
Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

Obi-Wan Kenobi: A Jedi's Return

2022★ 6.8

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

This special explores the return of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker to the screen, as well as Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen to their classic roles. Director Deborah Chow...

#3
Gemini Man

Gemini Man

2019★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Eel for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Henry Brogan is an elite 51-year-old assassin who's ready to call it quits after completing his 72nd job. His plans get turned upside down when he becomes the target of a mysteriou...

#4
Room 237

Room 237

2012★ 6.1

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

A subjective documentary that explores various theories about hidden meanings in Stanley Kubrick's classic film The Shining. Five very different points of view are illuminated thro...

#5
The Stunt Man

The Stunt Man

1980★ 6.6

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

A fugitive stumbles onto a movie set just when they need a new stunt man, takes the job as a way to hide out and falls for the leading lady while facing off with his manipulative d...

#6
RKO 281

RKO 281

1999★ 6.5

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

In 1939, boy-wonder Orson Welles leaves New York, where he has succeeded in radio and theater, and, hired by RKO Pictures, moves to Hollywood with the purpose of making his first f...

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