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10 Best Movies Like The Spook Who Sat by the Door

If you loved The Spook Who Sat by the Door, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Weird Science

Weird Science

1985★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Spook Who Sat by the Door for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their ...

#2
Demon City

Demon City

2025★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Spook Who Sat by the Door for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Framed for his family's murder and left for dead, an ex-hitman will stop at nothing to exact revenge on the masked "demons" who have taken over his city....

#3
Faces Places

Faces Places

2017★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Spook Who Sat by the Door for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship....

#4
Werckmeister Harmonies

Werckmeister Harmonies

2001★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Spook Who Sat by the Door for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A naive young man witnesses an escalation of violence in his small hometown following the arrival of a mysterious circus attraction....

#5
Girlfriends

Girlfriends

1978★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Spook Who Sat by the Door for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A photographer and her best friend are roommates. She is stuck with small-change shooting jobs and dreams of success. When her roommate decides to get married and leave, she feels ...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Spook Who Sat by the Door for fans of Drama & Crime. 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....