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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
Marketa Lazarová

Marketa Lazarová

1967★ 7.7

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

Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pres...

#2
Hungry Wives

Hungry Wives

1972★ 5.2

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

An unhappy suburban housewife gets mixed up in witchcraft with unexpected consequences....

#3
Roar

Roar

1981★ 5.9

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

Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper....

#4
The King of Marvin Gardens

The King of Marvin Gardens

1972★ 5.8

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

Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him ...

#5
Gertrud

Gertrud

1964★ 7.2

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

Hopeless romantic Gertrud inhabits a turn-of-the-century milieu of artists and musicians, where she pursues an idealized notion of love that will always elude her. She abandons her...

#6
The Devil

The Devil

1988★ 7.2

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

Young Polish nobleman Jakub is saved from imprisonment by a stranger. In return, the stranger wants to obtain a list of Jakub’s fellow conspirators. As he follows his mysterious sa...