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10 Best Movies Like Fat City

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

#1
Villains

Villains

2019★ 6.3

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

When their car breaks down, a couple on the run headed southbound for a fresh start in the Sunshine State break into a nearby house looking for a new set of wheels. What they find ...

#2
Winter Sleep

Winter Sleep

2014★ 7.5

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

Aydın is a hotel owner and a retired actor in rural Turkey. As winter emerges he begins navigating the conflicts within the relationships with his wife, sister and existence....

#3
Moby Dick

Moby Dick

1956★ 7.0

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

In 1841, young Ishmael signs up for service aboard the Pequod, a whaler sailing out of New Bedford. The ship is under the command of Captain Ahab, a strict disciplinarian who exhor...

#4
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters

1985★ 7.8

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

A fictional account of the life of Japanese author Yukio Mishima, combining dramatizations of three of his novels and a depiction of the events of November 25th, 1970....

#5
Pathfinder

Pathfinder

1987★ 7.0

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

Around the year 1000 AD warlike people, the so-called "tjuder", roam in northern Scandinavia. As they brutally kill a family in a remote area, including the parents and their littl...

#6
Accumulator 1

Accumulator 1

1994★ 6.9

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

In this movie, TV sets are full of life. If a person is in TV (e.g. because it was filmed on the street) it has a double that's right in the TV set. This double needs energy from t...