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10 Best Movies Like The King Is Alive

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

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#1
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

#2
The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem

2013★ 6.1

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

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love ...

#3
Zulu

Zulu

2013★ 6.7

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

As a child, Ali Neuman narrowly escaped being murdered by Inkhata, a militant political party at war with Nelson Mandela's African National Congress. Only he and his mother survive...

#4
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1973★ 7.1

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

Two drifters bum around, visit earthy women and discuss opening a car wash in Pittsburgh....

#5
True Colors

True Colors

1991★ 6.2

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

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics....

#6
The Congress

The Congress

2013★ 6.4

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

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider....

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