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10 Best Movies Like Adopted

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

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#1
Shin Godzilla

Shin Godzilla

2016★ 7.2

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

When a massive, gilled monster emerges from the deep and tears through the city, the government scrambles to save its citizens. A rag-tag team of volunteers cuts through a web of ...

#2
Pauly Shore Is Dead

Pauly Shore Is Dead

2003★ 4.3

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

Hollywood comedian/actor Pauly Shore loses everything: his house, nobody in Hollywood wants to represent him, he moves back home with his mom and is now parking cars at the Comedy ...

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#4
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

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

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#5
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#6
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

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

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...