Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Puppets

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

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#1
The Legend of Barney Thomson

The Legend of Barney Thomson

2015★ 6.1

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

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the gr...

#2
Conflict

Conflict

1945★ 6.7

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

Unhappily married Richard Mason concocts a meticulous scheme to kill his shrewish wife so that he'll be free to marry her sister....

#3
The Man Who Cheated Himself

The Man Who Cheated Himself

1950★ 6.2

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

A veteran homicide detective who has witnessed his socialite girlfriend kill her husband sees his inexperienced brother assigned to the case....

#4
House by the River

House by the River

1950★ 6.8

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

Wealthy writer Stephen Byrne tries to seduce the family maid, but when she resists, he kills her. Long jealous of his brother John, Stephen does his best to pin the blame for the m...

#5
Short Cuts

Short Cuts

1993★ 7.2

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

Many loosely connected characters cross paths in this film, based on the stories of Raymond Carver. Waitress Doreen Piggot accidentally runs into a boy with her car. Soon after wal...

#6
The Big Heat

The Big Heat

1953★ 7.7

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

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the law into his own hands when he sets out to smash a vicious crime syndicate....

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