Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Brig

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

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#1
Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

1968★ 7.4

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

Also known as Walden, Jonas Mekas’s first diary film is a six-reel chronicle of his life in 1960s New York, interweaving moments with family, friends, lovers, and artistic idols. B...

#2
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.8

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

#3
Farewell Moscow

Farewell Moscow

1987★ 6.9

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

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#4
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#5
Seven Chances

Seven Chances

1925★ 7.5

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

Struggling stockbroker Jimmie Shannon learns that, if he gets married by 7 p.m. on his 27th birthday -- which is today -- he'll inherit $7 million from an eccentric relative....

#6
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

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

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...