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10 Best Movies Like Abdullah

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

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#1
Risen

Risen

2021★ 5.0

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

Disaster unfolds when a meteor strikes a small town, turning the environment uninhabitable and killing everything in the surrounding area. Exobiologist Lauren Stone is called to fi...

#2
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1985★ 6.1

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

After reading an article about hypnotic regression, a woman whose maternal grandfather died when she was only three years old contacts the hypnotic subject named in the article bel...

#3
Going for Gold

Going for Gold

2018★ 6.7

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

Seventeen year old, Emma joins a high school cheerleading team when she moves to Australia with her dad who is a former Air Force Officer....

#4
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2018★ 6.5

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

This is a documentary linking ecological and political problems. The planet has come to be less important than the multinational earnings, and with it politicians earnings as well....

#5
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024★ 7.6

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

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain ...

#6
Mea Culpa

Mea Culpa

2024★ 5.6

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

A criminal defense attorney must choose between family, duty and her own dangerous desires when she takes on the case of an artist accused of murder....