Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 18, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Advent Calendar

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

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#1
Swallow

Swallow

2020★ 6.6

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

Hunter, a newly pregnant housewife, finds herself increasingly compelled to consume dangerous objects. As her husband and his family tighten their control over her life, she must c...

#2
The Roses

The Roses

2025★ 6.7

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

Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy and Theo: successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing ...

#3
Toast

Toast

2010★ 6.6

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

Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, ...

#4
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#5
Samsara

Samsara

2011★ 8.1

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

Filmed over nearly five years in twenty-five countries on five continents, and shot on seventy-millimetre film, Samsara transports us to the varied worlds of sacred grounds, disast...

#6
Kinds of Kindness

Kinds of Kindness

2024★ 6.5

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

A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a ...

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