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10 Best Movies Like Backstrokes

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

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#1
A

A

1998★ 5.9

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

Roughly chronological, from 3/96 to 11/96, with a coda in spring of 1997: inside compounds of Aum Shinrikyo, a Buddhist sect led by Shoko Asahara. (Members confessed to a murderous...

#2
The United Monster Talent Agency

The United Monster Talent Agency

2010★ 9.1

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

A short comedy spoof about Universal Monsters and their everyday unconventional work done at their very own talent agency for their movies....

#3
Film

Film

1967★ 6.8

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

Before the three feature films, Mario Schifano directs the camera towards the people around him to create real film diaries. His friends, his time partner and the artists he freque...

#4
Es por su bien

Es por su bien

2024★ 7.2

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

Horrified by the new girlfriends of their respective sons, three sisters-in-law – Clara, a socialite, Matis, a widowed professional, and Nena, a naive housewife – make an alliance ...

#5
Outlaws

Outlaws

2021★ 6.9

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

Introverted Girona student Nacho meets two delinquents from the city's Chinatown and gets caught up in a summer onslaught of burglaries and hold ups that will change his life....

#6
Hunting Ava Bravo

Hunting Ava Bravo

2022★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Backstrokes for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Billionaire sportsman Buddy King unwinds by hunting human captives on his remote mountain estate. But his latest victim, Ava Bravo, is no easy target....