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10 Best Movies Like The Kings of the World

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

#1
Beautiful Beings

Beautiful Beings

2022★ 7.0

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

A teenage boy, raised by a mother who considers herself psychic, takes a bullied kid into his group of violent misfits. As the group’s troubles escalate toward life-threatening sit...

#2
My Imaginary Country

My Imaginary Country

2022★ 6.6

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

This documentary explores the protests that exploded onto the streets of Chile’s capital of Santiago in 2019 as the population demanded more democracy and social equality around ed...

#3
A New Kind of Wilderness

A New Kind of Wilderness

2024★ 7.8

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

In a forest in Norway, a family lives an isolated lifestyle in an attempt to be wild and free, but a tragic event changes everything, and they are forced to adjust to modern societ...

#4
Dancing Queen

Dancing Queen

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Kings of the World for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

12-year-old Mina freaks out when famous hip-hop dancer ED Win moves to town and starts at her school. Mina falls in love and when ED announces he's forming a new dance group for a ...

#5
Containment

Containment

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Kings of the World for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Neighbors in a block wake one morning to find they have been sealed inside their apartments. Can they work together to find out why? Or will they destroy each other in their fight ...

#6
Under the Hawthorn Tree

Under the Hawthorn Tree

2010★ 7.8

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

The daughter of a right-winger, schoolgirl Jing Qiu is sent to the countryside for reeducation, and tasked to help write a textbook. There she meets Lao San, a young soldier with a...