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10 Best Movies Like Freakonomics

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

#1
The Intervention

The Intervention

2016★ 5.9

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

A weekend getaway for four couples takes a sharp turn when one of the couples discovers the entire trip was orchestrated to host an intervention on their marriage....

#2
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

Zeitgeist: Moving Forward

2011★ 7.1

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

A presentation of a case for a needed transition out of the current socioeconomic monetary paradigm which governs the entire world society. This subject matter will transcend the i...

#3
School Ties

School Ties

1992★ 6.5

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

When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, ...

#4
Tabloid

Tabloid

2011★ 6.4

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

A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary....

#5
Dark Was the Night

Dark Was the Night

2014★ 5.6

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

An evil is unleashed in a small town when a logging company sets up shop in the neighboring woods. Isolated and threatened, a mysterious force hidden within the trees outside the s...

#6
All Around Us

All Around Us

2008★ 7.4

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

Kanao, a courtroom portrait artist, observes crimes, scandals and the decline of Japanese values without passing judgement. As he and his wife endure the tragedy of their first chi...