
10 Best Movies Like The Contestant
If you loved The Contestant, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Flora and Son
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contestant for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musici...

The Front Page
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contestant for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Hildy Johnson is an investigative reporter looking for a bigger paycheck. When an accused murderer escapes from custody, Hildy sees an opportunity for the story of a lifetime. But ...

Nikki Glaser: Someday You'll Die
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contestant for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Nikki Glaser dives into why she doesn’t want kids, the harsh realities of aging, her sexual fantasies, and plans for her death — all in her hilarious, unapologetic, and brutally ho...

How to Rob a Bank
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contestant for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
In this true-crime documentary, a charismatic rebel in 1990s Seattle pulls off an unprecedented string of bank robberies straight out of the movies....

Great Photo, Lovely Life
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contestant for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
A photojournalist turns her lens on the decades of sexual abuse her family and community experienced at the hands of her grandfather in this unflinching portrait of intergeneration...

Carts of Darkness
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contestant for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
In the picture-postcard community of North Vancouver, filmmaker Murray Siple follows men who have turned bottle-picking, their primary source of income, into the extreme sport of s...