Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Extremist

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

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#1
The End of St. Petersburg

The End of St. Petersburg

1927★ 6.7

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

Shortly before the outbreak of WWI, a peasant from rural Russia arrives in St. Petersburg to find work....

#2
Ayka

Ayka

2018★ 6.9

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

A young Kyrgyz immigrant tries to eke out a living in Moscow after abandoning her newborn and fleeing the hospital....

#3
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#5
My Friend Ivan Lapshin

My Friend Ivan Lapshin

1985★ 6.8

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

Russian provincial town in the middle of the 1930s Stalin's Great Purge. Ivan Lapshin, the head of the local police, does what he has to do. And he does it well....

#6
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

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