Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Mar 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Malek

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

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#1
The Stranger

The Stranger

2025★ 6.8

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

In 1930s Algeria, the daily life of an indifferent Frenchman is shaken by the death of his mother and a fateful encounter on a beach....

#2
Adú

Adú

2020★ 6.9

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

In a desperate attempt to reach Europe and crouched before an airstrip in Cameroon, a six-year-old boy and his older sister wait to sneak into the holds of an airplane. Not too far...

#3
Secret Name

Secret Name

2021★ 6.0

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

Nelie escaped a miserable existence by becoming a frontline nurse in 1914. One day, she takes the identity of Rose, a young woman from a good family, who dies in front of her. She ...

#4
A Tale of Three Sisters

A Tale of Three Sisters

2019★ 7.2

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

A stagnant and gloomy village in the 1980s. Reyhan, Nurhan, and Havva, three sisters were sent to town as 'besleme' (foster child and maid). Since they fail their foster parents fo...

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
A Wedding

A Wedding

2017★ 6.6

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

Zahira, 18, is close to her family until her parents ask her to follow Pakistani tradition to choose a husband. Torn between family customs and her western lifestyle, the young wom...