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10 Best Movies Like Eli

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

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#1
Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013★ 5.9

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

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the firs...

#2
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Eli for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...

#3
Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal

Puella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal

2012★ 7.5

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

As the young girls have discovered the truth about the cruel fate of a magical girl, one magical girl after another is destroyed. Throughout it all, there is one magical girl who c...

#4
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Eli for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying sta...

#5
Chungking Express

Chungking Express

1994★ 8.0

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

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant....

#6
An American in Paris

An American in Paris

1951★ 7.0

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

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a painter. His friend Adam is a struggling concert pianist who's a long time associate of...