Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 08, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Five

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

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#1
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

#2
Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

Introducing Dorothy Dandridge

1999★ 6.5

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

An acclaimed stage performer, Dorothy still struggled with the challenge of her color, in a time that wouldn't let some stars in by the front door. Yet against the odds she beat ou...

#3
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.5

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#4
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.7

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#5
Barbarians at the Gate

Barbarians at the Gate

1993★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Five for fans of Comedy & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

F. Ross Johnson decides to buyout his own tobacco firm RJR Nabisco after the plans of the launch of his new product, a smokeless cigarette Premier, fail on account of market rumour...

#6
All About Nina

All About Nina

2018★ 5.9

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

Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic ...

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