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10 Best Movies Like Primer

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

#1
Upstream Color

Upstream Color

2013★ 6.3

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

A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the lifecycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked live...

#2
Dark City

Dark City

1998★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Primer for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of h...

#3
Coherence

Coherence

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Primer for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Four couples gather for dinner the night a mysterious and powerful comet passes overhead....

#4
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie

2012★ 5.5

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

Two guys get a billion dollars to make a movie, only to watch their dream run off course....

#5
Freddy Got Fingered

Freddy Got Fingered

2001★ 4.7

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

Unemployed cartoonist Gord Brody moves back in with his parents Jim and Julie and younger brother Freddy. When his parents demand he leave, he retaliates by spreading rumors that J...

#6
Cousin Ben Troop Screening

Cousin Ben Troop Screening

2012★ 6.4

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

Cousin Ben hosts a screening of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to the troops....