Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Mar 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Filmmakers

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

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#1
City of God

City of God

2002★ 8.4

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

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related vio...

#2
Un Chien Andalou

Un Chien Andalou

1929★ 7.4

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

Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between director Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali....

#3
Milius

Milius

2013★ 7.0

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

The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation....

#4
Mifune: The Last Samurai

Mifune: The Last Samurai

2016★ 7.1

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

An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema....

#5
They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

They'll Love Me When I'm Dead

2018★ 7.1

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

As his life comes to its end, famous Hollywood director Orson Welles puts it all on the line at the chance for renewed success with the film The Other Side of the Wind....

#6
Everybody’s Everything

Everybody’s Everything

2019★ 8.5

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

The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona...