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10 Best Movies Like The Cardinal

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

#1
Strange Object

Strange Object

2020★ 6.0

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

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Afri...

#2
Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

Gourmet Detective: Eat, Drink and Be Buried

2017★ 7.1

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

Henry and Maggie attend the birthday party of a local publisher, where his son and stepson reenact a historical 18th century dual. Someone, however, has loaded the antique pistol w...

#3
Opus

Opus

2025★ 5.7

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

A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated ...

#4
Projota - AMADMOL (A Milenar Arte de Meter o Louco)

Projota - AMADMOL (A Milenar Arte de Meter o Louco)

2017★ 6.1

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

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#5
Son of a Rich 2

Son of a Rich 2

2024★ 6.4

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

Grigory, the son of an oligarch, is fully rehabilitated after his humbling experience as a 19th-century serf. Moreover, he develops a strong sense of moral justice. When he meets a...

#6
Thor: Ragnarok

Thor: Ragnarok

2017★ 7.6

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

Thor is imprisoned on the other side of the universe and finds himself in a race against time to get back to Asgard to stop Ragnarok, the destruction of his home-world and the end ...