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10 Best Movies Like Fear and Desire

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

#1
Killer's Kiss

Killer's Kiss

1955★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Fear and Desire for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Ra...

#2
The Seafarers

The Seafarers

1953★ 4.5

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

Stanley Kubrick’s first color film, commissioned by the Seafarers International Union to promote the benefits of union membership. Shot inside the union’s Atlantic and Gulf Coast D...

#3
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen

2020★ 6.2

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

Viola Davis, Denzel Washington, George C. Wolfe and more share the heart, soul and history that brought August Wilson's timeless play to the screen....

#4
Naked Fear

Naked Fear

2007★ 5.1

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

Diana arrives in a town to start a new job. She's threatened into working as an exotic dancer. She's later kidnapped and let loose naked in the wilderness as prey for the psycho hu...

#5
Up the Yangtze

Up the Yangtze

2007★ 7.3

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

At the edge of the Yangtze River, not far from the Three Gorges Dam, young men and women take up employment on a cruise ship, where they confront rising waters and a radically chan...

#6
National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

National Theatre Live: The Threepenny Opera

2016★ 4.5

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

As London's East End scrubs up for the coronation, Mr and Mrs Peachum gear up for a bumper day in the beggary business. Keeping tight control of the city's underground – and their ...