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10 Best Movies Like The Pilot

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

#1
The Hitch-Hiker

The Hitch-Hiker

1953★ 6.8

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

Roy and Gilbert's fishing trip takes a terrifying turn when the hitchhiker they pick up turns out to be a sociopath on the run from the law. He's killed before, and he lets the two...

#2
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

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

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....

#3
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#4
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...