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10 Best Movies Like Acting Out

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

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#1
Fate

Fate

2003★ 3.5

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

Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. Two detectives a...

#2
Red

Red

2003★ 5.8

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

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#3
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

2013★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Acting Out for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mecha Mutt, a revolutionary remote-controlled lunar rover resembling a large canine, goes rogue at Houston's Annual Science Expo. Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace is the fourth in a s...

#4
New

New

2024★ 8.2

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

Outskirts of Moscow. A girl comes to an unfamiliar apartment to look after a dog. After a while, she realizes that the owner of the apartment has disappeared. She finds herself int...

#5
Fun

Fun

1994★ 5.5

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

Hillary and Bonnie meet one morning by the side of the road. They become fast friends, share their secrets, and, on a rising wave of frenzy, later that afternoon, murder an old wom...

#6
Bombay: Our City

Bombay: Our City

1985★ 7.0

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

A documentary on the socio-economic injustice meted out to the slum-dwellers in Bombay, and an attempt to understand the factors responsible for it....