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10 Best Movies Like The Reading Room

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

#1
The Bow

The Bow

2005★ 6.9

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

On a fishing boat at sea, a 60-year old man has been raising a girl since she was a child. It is agreed that they will get married on her 17th birthday. They live a quiet and seclu...

#2
Black Indians: An American Story

Black Indians: An American Story

2004★ 6.2

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

James Earl Jones narrates this examination of the historical relationship between American Indians and African-Americans, who often merged their cultures to work and live together ...

#3
Parasite

Parasite

2019★ 8.5

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

All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident....

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Reading Room 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....

#5
Border

Border

2018★ 6.7

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

When a border guard with a sixth sense for identifying smugglers encounters the first person she cannot prove is guilty, she is forced to confront terrifying revelations about hers...

#6
Dolemite Is My Name

Dolemite Is My Name

2019★ 7.0

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

The story of Rudy Ray Moore, who created the iconic big screen pimp character Dolemite in the 1970s....