Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Feb 26, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Bear

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

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#1
The Lizard

The Lizard

2004★ 7.5

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

The satirical commentary on clergymen in post-revolutionary Iran. While in prison, petty criminal Reza (Parviz Parastui) comes across a clergyman, sparking a plan for escape. Reza ...

#2
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

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

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#3
Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

2016★ 7.4

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

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil....

#4
Juror #2

Juror #2

2024★ 6.9

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

While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and ...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Top Gun: Maverick

Top Gun: Maverick

2022★ 8.2

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

After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, and dodging the advancement in rank that would ground him, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell finds himself trainin...