Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Folks

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

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#1
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

1998★ 6.6

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

Loosely based on the Charles Dickens' classic novel, "Great Expectations" is a sensual tale of a young man's unforgettable passage into manhood, and the three individuals who will ...

#2
Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs

2015★ 6.8

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

Set backstage at three iconic product launches and ending in 1998 with the unveiling of the iMac, Steve Jobs takes us behind the scenes of the digital revolution to paint an intima...

#3
The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop

1916★ 6.7

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

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with ...

#4
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#5
Icefall

Icefall

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Folks for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A young Indigenous game warden arrests an infamous poacher only to discover that the poacher knows the location of a plane carrying millions of dollars that has crashed in a frozen...

#6
Dancer in the Dark

Dancer in the Dark

2000★ 7.8

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

Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate w...

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