Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Joe

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

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#1
Barton Fink

Barton Fink

1991★ 7.5

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

A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood....

#2
Beneath the Planet of the Apes

Beneath the Planet of the Apes

1970★ 6.1

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

The sole survivor of an interplanetary rescue mission lands on the planet of the apes, and uncovers a horrible secret beneath the surface....

#3
Kiss Me Deadly

Kiss Me Deadly

1955★ 7.2

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

One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his ca...

#4
JOE

JOE

2022★ 6.0

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

How far can we go to get what we want? Joe despairs at not being able to save his daughter who suffers from an incurable illness. The meeting of a strange person who promises him a...

#5
Let's Make a Dream

Let's Make a Dream

1936★ 6.7

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

A husband who has just cheated on his wife returns home in the early morning, puzzled. He finds there, without knowing it, the lover of his wife, to whom he confesses his infidelit...

#6
The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001★ 7.5

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

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of t...