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10 Best Movies Like The Controller

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

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#1
Game Changer

Game Changer

2018★ 7.0

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

A macho toy arcade prize is quick to judge a young girl who wants to win him, and goes on a life changing journey in attempt to stop her from winning enough tickets and taking him ...

#2
Dark Passage

Dark Passage

1947★ 7.3

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

A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman to try and prove his innocence....

#3
And Now for Something Completely Different

And Now for Something Completely Different

1971★ 7.2

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

A collection of Monty Python's Flying Circus skits from the first two seasons of their British TV series....

#4
Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet

1990★ 7.0

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

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, N...

#5
Re-Elected

Re-Elected

2020★ 6.9

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

Friends battle former U.S. presidents when they come back from the dead as zombies on the Fourth of July....

#6
Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

1977★ 6.3

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

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper...