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10 Best Movies Like The Academy

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

#1
Privilege

Privilege

2025★ 5.0

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

Henri unravels the infrastructure of the LGBTQIA+ Community as we take a stroll through his daily life and get a grasp of what it truly means being different while trying to live a...

#2
Beck 52 - The Invisible Man

Beck 52 - The Invisible Man

2025★ 7.0

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

When Alex is alerted to a brutal murder, she brings the temporarily suspended Vilhelm and her colleague Josef to the crime scene. The victim turns out to have connections to the di...

#3
The Light

The Light

2025★ 5.8

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

A portrait of a modern family between collapse and new beginnings dealing with the big issues of our times, in a world that is reeling. Tim, Milena, their almost grown-up twins Fri...

#4
The great voyage of Captain Neptune

The great voyage of Captain Neptune

1991★ 6.5

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

Two madmen wish to avenge the historical Peruvian ship "Monitor Huascar" under the command of Capitain Grau: a hero, and a symbol of the 19th century war lost to Chile....

#5
History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears

History of Jazz: Oxygen for the Ears

2012★ 6.0

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

'Oxygen for the Ears: Living Jazz' is a story of the trials and triumphs of jazz in America. Every jazz tune has a starting point - a simple note - from which the music starts its ...

#6
Gun the Man Down

Gun the Man Down

1956★ 6.4

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

An outlaw is left for dead by his gang after being shot. A year later, he is released from jail with one thing on his mind: Revenge....