Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Backlog

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

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#1
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#2
Sergio

Sergio

2020★ 6.6

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

A sweeping drama set in the chaotic aftermath of the US invasion of Iraq, where the life of top UN diplomat Brazilian Sérgio Vieira de Mello hangs in the balance during the most tr...

#3
Outrage

Outrage

1950★ 6.5

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

A young woman who has just become engaged has her life completely shattered when she is raped while on her way home from work....

#4
Speak

Speak

2004★ 7.0

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

Freshman high-school student Melinda has refused to speak ever since she called the cops on a popular summer party. With her old friends snubbing her for being a rat, and her paren...

#5
The Road Dance

The Road Dance

2022★ 6.7

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

A young girl lives in the Outer Hebrides in a small village in the years just before WWI. Isolated and hard by the shore, her life takes a dramatic change when a terrible tragedy b...

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

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