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10 Best Movies Like THX 1138

If you loved THX 1138, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
The Startup Kids

The Startup Kids

2012★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to THX 1138 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The Startup Kids is a documentary about young web entrepreneurs in the U.S. and Europe. It contains interviews with founders of Vimeo, Dropbox, Soundcloud and more who talk about h...

#2
Sweet Liberty

Sweet Liberty

1986★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to THX 1138 for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Michael Burgess is an academic who has written a scholarly book on the American Revolution which Hollywood has bought the film rights to. The arrival of the film crew seriously dis...

#3
Alien Abduction

Alien Abduction

2005★ 3.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to THX 1138 for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After being abducted by extraterrestrials, Jean and her friends are committed to a top secret government-run mental institution to undergo tests and be brainwashed....

#4
The Shoes of the Fisherman

The Shoes of the Fisherman

1968★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to THX 1138 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ukrainian bishop Kiril Lakota, a political prisoner in a Soviet gulag for twenty years, is unexpectedly released and sent to the Vatican, where, upon the sudden death of the Pope, ...

#5
Ploy

Ploy

2007★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to THX 1138 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A husband and wife are locked inside a single hotel room with a stranger named Ploy. Subtle suspicions build up to jealousy as the young woman triggers devastating consequences for...

#6
Cybernetic Grandma

Cybernetic Grandma

1963★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to THX 1138 for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Trnka’s sci-fi vision of the future in which machines and robots try to substitute themselves into the most beautiful human relationships. A cybernetic robot is supposed to substit...