Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Mackan

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

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#1
Jawbone

Jawbone

2017★ 6.2

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

A former youth boxing champion, Jimmy McCabe is a man in search of hope but looking in all the wrong places. When he hits rock bottom he turns to his childhood boxing club and the ...

#2
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#3
Quadrophenia

Quadrophenia

1979★ 7.0

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

Based on the 1973 rock opera album of the same name by The Who, this is the story of 60s teenager Jimmy. At work he slaves in a dead-end job. While after, he shops for tailored sui...

#4
The Simple-Minded Murderer

The Simple-Minded Murderer

1982★ 7.0

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

The feeble-minded Sven's mother dies and he gets work as a farm-hand at the rich, affluent Höglund's farm. He has to work without pay and sleeps together with the cows. He meets th...

#5
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

#6
Simon & the Oaks

Simon & the Oaks

2011★ 6.4

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

Epic story about two families and their friendship and common destiny in Sweden's Gothenburg in the 1940s and 1950s. Told from the perspective of young Simon Larsson, who learns th...

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