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10 Best Movies Like The Idiots

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

#1
The Kingdom

The Kingdom

1994★ 7.8

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

At The Kingdom, Denmark's most technologically advanced hospital, a number of strange and otherworldly events begin occurring, much to the dismay of its doctors and patients. A gho...

#2
The Kingdom II

The Kingdom II

1998★ 7.7

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

The mutant fetus is born. Dr. Helmer comes under heavy scrutiny for a botched operation that left a patient braindead, and begins to dabble in the dark arts in order to ward off th...

#3
The Boss of It All

The Boss of It All

2006★ 6.6

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

The owner of an Information Technology firm wants to sell his business for profit. The trouble is that when he started his firm he invented a nonexistent company president to hide ...

#4
Europa

Europa

1991★ 7.4

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

Just after World War II, an American takes a railway job in Germany, but finds his position politically sensitive with various people trying to use him....

#5
Manderlay

Manderlay

2005★ 6.9

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

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heav...

#6
A Moment of Innocence

A Moment of Innocence

1996★ 7.6

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

A semi-autobiographical account of an incident in Makhmalbaf's life when, as a 17-year-old, he stabbed a policeman at a protest rally. Two decades later, he tracks down the policem...