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10 Best Movies Like Spellbound

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

#1
Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Friedmans

2003★ 7.1

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

An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Direct...

#2
Swingers

Swingers

1996★ 6.9

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

After 6 years together, Mike's girlfriend leaves him, so he travels to LA to be a star. Six months on, he's still not doing very well— so a few of his friends try to reconnect him ...

#3
The Proposition

The Proposition

2005★ 7.0

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

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hunt down and kill his older brot...

#4
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007★ 6.6

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

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their ...

#5
The Fog of War

The Fog of War

2003★ 7.7

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

Using archival footage, cabinet conversation recordings, and an interview of the 85-year-old Robert McNamara, The Fog of War depicts his life, from working as a WWII whiz-kid milit...

#6
Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild

2011★ 7.0

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

Born to Be Wild observes various orphaned jungle animals and their day-to-day behavioural interactions with the individuals who rescue them and raise them to adulthood. The film un...