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10 Best Movies Like The Idle Class

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

#1
Orphans of the Storm

Orphans of the Storm

1921★ 6.8

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

France, on the eve of the French Revolution. Henriette and Louise have been raised together as sisters. When the plague that takes their parents' lives causes Louise's blindness, t...

#2
Steamboat Willie

Steamboat Willie

1928★ 7.3

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

Mickey Mouse, piloting a steamboat, delights his passenger, Minnie Mouse, by making musical instruments out of the menagerie on deck....

#3
Under Capricorn

Under Capricorn

1949★ 6.0

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

A British ex-convict in colonial Australia and his fragile wife, haunted by the past crime that binds them, struggle to rebuild their lives when a young newcomer stirs long-buried ...

#4
Destiny

Destiny

1921★ 7.4

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

As a young couple stops and rests in a small village inn, the man is abducted by Death and is sequestered behind a huge doorless, windowless wall. The woman finds a mystic entrance...

#5
Sunnyside

Sunnyside

1919★ 6.5

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

An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle....

#6
The Haunted Castle

The Haunted Castle

1921★ 6.4

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

The sinister Count Oetsch scandalizes the aristocratic social gathering at Castle Vogelod as he announces his intention to "crash" the festivities. Baroness Safferstätt is expected...