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10 Best Movies Like M

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

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#1
The Limits of Control

The Limits of Control

2009★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M for fans of Drama & Thriller & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a...

#2
Montage

Montage

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M for fans of Drama & Thriller & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman's child is kidnapped and killed after paying the ransom. 15 years later, a mysterious figure is seen visiting the site of killing and another kidnapping occurs using the sa...

#3
Limbo

Limbo

2023★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M for fans of Drama & Thriller & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Travis, a jaded detective, arrives in the remote outback town of Limbo to investigate the cold case murder of local Indigenous girl Charlotte Hayes 20 years ago. As truths about th...

#4
Winter's Tale

Winter's Tale

2014★ 6.3

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

A burglar falls for an heiress as she dies in his arms. When he learns that he has the gift of reincarnation, he sets out to save her....

#5
Diary of June

Diary of June

2005★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M for fans of Drama & Thriller & Crime & Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two teenagers joining the same class in a high school die on the same day. The one to be top of the class is killed by a big knife on the street, the other - the second best of the...

#6
F.I.S.T.

F.I.S.T.

1978★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to M for fans of Drama & Thriller & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Johnny Kovak joins the Teamsters trade-union in a local chapter in the 1930s and works his way up in the organization. As he climbs higher and higher his methods become more ruthle...

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