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10 Best Movies Like Illumination

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

#1
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

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

1982, Poland. A translator loses her husband and becomes a victim of her own sorrow. She looks to sex, to her son, to law, and to hypnotism when she has nothing else in this time o...

#2
The House by the Cemetery

The House by the Cemetery

1981★ 6.3

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

After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves ...

#3
Where Danger Lives

Where Danger Lives

1950★ 6.4

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

A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the death of her husband. They head for Mexico trying to outrun the law....

#4
The Offsiders

The Offsiders

2008★ 7.3

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

Under the leadership of an ex-footballer, a bunch of homeless men set up a football team and train hard to take part in the world championship....

#5
The Constant Factor

The Constant Factor

1980★ 7.2

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

A young man is confronted with corrupt and vindictive colleagues at work and negligent officials at the hospital where his mother is dying. As he searches quixotically for a steadf...

#6
The Cordillera of Dreams

The Cordillera of Dreams

2019★ 7.2

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

"In Chile, when the sun rises, it had to climb hills, walls and tops before reaching the last stone of the Cordillera. In my country, the Cordillera is everywhere. But for the Chil...