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10 Best Movies Like The Familiar Shadow

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

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#1
Bosphore

Bosphore

1964★ 6.7

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

Short doc by Maurice Pialat. The first film in the series set at Turkey, Bosphore, is also the only one that was shot in color....

#2
Cosmic Chaos

Cosmic Chaos

2023★ 6.0

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

Battles in virtual reality, survival in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, a Soviet spaceship giving a distress signal - Fantastic stories created with advanced special effects and pass...

#3
Old Man Junior

Old Man Junior

2024★ 6.9

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

Morbius Jr, now an OId Man, is nearing the end of life, when he finds the last hope for all Morbkind. However, as he fights to protect the future of Morbheads, he finds himself fac...

#4
Shamshera

Shamshera

2022★ 5.6

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

Set in the 1800s, the film is about a "dacoit" tribe who take charge in fight for their rights and independence against the British....

#5
Man

Man

2022★ 6.9

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

An experimental film through the eyes of a man...

#6
A

A

1998★ 5.9

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

Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. (Members confessed to a murderous...