Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Island

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

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#1
It's a Free World...

It's a Free World...

2007★ 6.6

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

Angie is a working class woman. After being fired, she decides to set up a recruitment agency of her own, running it from her kitchen with her friend, Rose. Taking advantage of the...

#2
Miki

Miki

2024★ 6.0

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

In the 1990s post-communist Slovakia, former woods worker Miki takes his chances to start doing business at a local level and climb up the ladder to become the biggest mafia boss i...

#3
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel

1951★ 6.7

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

The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler....

#4
The New Age

The New Age

1994★ 5.4

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

Peter and Katherine Witner are Southern California super-yuppies with great jobs but no center to their lives. When they both lose their jobs and begin marital infidelities, their ...

#5
Lighthouse

Lighthouse

2000★ 4.6

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

A prison ship on its way to a remote island prison runs aground on rocks and sinks. Mixed survivors of cons and prison guards struggle ashore, only to discover to their horror that...

#6
The Tourist

The Tourist

2010★ 6.2

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

American tourist Frank meets mysterious British woman Elise on the train to Venice. Romance seems to bud, but there's more to her than meets the eye....