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10 Best Movies Like Opening Day

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

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#1
National Family

National Family

2023★ 6.7

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

Don Poli, the patriarch of a family embedded in politics, faces the change of party in his state - after a hundred years in power - losing all his privileges. Humiliated and angry,...

#2
No End

No End

1985★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Opening Day 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...

#3
Alien: Romulus

Alien: Romulus

2024★ 7.2

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

While scavenging the deep ends of a derelict space station, a group of young space colonizers come face to face with the most terrifying life form in the universe....

#4
Bride of Frankenstein

Bride of Frankenstein

1935★ 7.5

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

Dr. Frankenstein and his monster both turn out to be alive after being attacked by an angry mob. The now-chastened scientist attempts to escape his past, but a former mentor forces...

#5
The Benetón Family

The Benetón Family

2024★ 5.4

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

Toni, a grumpy in his fifties, avoids children at all costs. His life changes when he suddenly has to take care of his sister's five adopted children, each from a different country...

#6
Bad

Bad

2007★ 8.6

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

This film puts you inside the head of a dyslexic child trying to get through the 5th grade in the 1970's....