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10 Best Movies Like ...And Plays Tricks

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

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#1
Freaks

Freaks

1932★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ...And Plays Tricks for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance....

#2
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ...And Plays Tricks for fans of Comedy & Animation. 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...

#3
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse

2018★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ...And Plays Tricks for fans of Animation. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Struggling to find his place in the world while juggling school and family, Brooklyn teenager Miles Morales is unexpectedly bitten by a radioactive spider and develops unfathomable...

#4
The Amazing Spider-Man

The Amazing Spider-Man

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ...And Plays Tricks for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Peter Parker is an outcast high schooler abandoned by his parents as a boy, leaving him to be raised by his Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Like most teenagers, Peter is trying to figure o...

#5
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

2017★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ...And Plays Tricks for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After seven months have passed without a culprit in her daughter's murder case, Mildred Hayes makes a bold move, painting three signs leading into her town with a controversial mes...

#6
Avatar

Avatar

2009★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to ...And Plays Tricks for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In the 22nd century, a paraplegic Marine is dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission, but becomes torn between following orders and protecting an alien civilization....