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10 Best Movies Like Playing Doctor

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

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#1
My Friends Act III

My Friends Act III

1985★ 6.4

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

This time the "amici" (friends) are just four: Necchi, Meandri, Mascetti and Sassaroli. Nevertheless they are older they still love to spend their time mainly organizing irresistib...

#2
Boy

Boy

2004★ 5.7

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

Boy is the unsettling story of a young male prostitute, or Rent Boy, in a small rural town who learns the truth behind a hit and run accident which has killed a local girl. When th...

#3
The Hourglass Sanatorium

The Hourglass Sanatorium

1973★ 7.5

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

Jozef visits a dilapidated Sanatorium to see his father. Jozef undertakes a strange journey through the many rooms of the sanatorium, each which conjures worlds composed of his mem...

#4
Nullarbor

Nullarbor

2011★ 7.3

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

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain....

#5
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NULL

2021★ 9.2

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

A hitman is tasked to take out ex-mobsters when he suddenly hears a voice that questions his morality....

#6
Six Men Getting Sick

Six Men Getting Sick

1967★ 5.5

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

Lynch's first film project consists of a loop of six people vomiting projected on to a special sculptured screen featuring twisted three-dimensional faces....