10 Best Movies Like Short Circuit
If you loved Short Circuit, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Mifune: The Last Samurai
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
An account of the life and work of legendary Japanese actor Toshirō Mifune (1920-97), the most prominent actor of the Golden Age of Japanese cinema....

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Offbeat documentarian Chris Smith provides a behind-the-scenes look at how Jim Carrey adopted the persona of idiosyncratic comedian Andy Kaufman on the set of Man on the Moon....

Milius
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation....

The Shift
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Following a tense encounter with a mysterious stranger with otherworldly powers, a man finds himself banished to a parallel, tyrannical Earth, where he fights to get back to the wo...

Journey into Fear
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
An American ballistics expert in Turkey finds himself targeted by Nazi agents. Safe passage home by ship is arranged for him, but he soon discovers that his pursuers are also on bo...

Einstein and the Bomb
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Short Circuit for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
What happened after Einstein fled Nazi Germany? Using archival footage and his own words, this docudrama dives into the mind of a tortured genius....