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10 Best Movies Like The Ascent

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

#1
Fate

Fate

2003★ 3.5

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

Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. Two detectives a...

#2
Musangwe: Fight Club

Musangwe: Fight Club

2007★ 7.7

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

The first rule is that there are no rules. For the bare-knuckle combatants competing in Musangwe fights, anything goes - you can even put a curse on him. The sport, which dates bac...

#3
Parkour!!! (and corruption with a Q)!

Parkour!!! (and corruption with a Q)!

★ 5.2

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

the boys (and Georgina) take on the Emirates stadium in an epic afternoon of parkour! Corruption 4 eva!!!...

#4
13

13

2021★ 10.0

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

The film is a continuous time-lapse with multiple exposures of the sunset from the same angle and position on 16mm film. The shoot was done in a span of 5 years. The title 13 is be...

#5
Muxˣ

Muxˣ

2025★ 5.5

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

Mux spent many years in a coma in a clinic with a constant stream of television. But at least he survived a serious car accident! Now he has woken up, and he has a plan: during his...

#6
Entrelinhas

Entrelinhas

2024★ 5.0

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

1970. Beatriz is an 18-year-old student. She is detained by the military dictatorship in Curitiba, Brazil, and tortured for ten days accused of belonging to the subversive student ...