Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Bamako

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

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#1
Paranoid Park

Paranoid Park

2007★ 6.5

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

A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park"....

#2
God Forgives... I Don't!

God Forgives... I Don't!

1967★ 6.6

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

In this violent spaghetti western a murderous robber hijacks a payroll train, murders everyone aboard and then stashes his loot. A gunslinger learns about it and decides he wants t...

#3
Critic

Critic

2008★ 7.9

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

Seventy critics and filmmakers discuss cinema around the conflict between the artist and the observer, the creator and the critic. Between 1998 and 2007, Kléber Mendonça Filho reco...

#4
A Cruel Romance

A Cruel Romance

1984★ 7.3

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

In the town of Bryakhimov, noble but poor widow Harita Ignatyevna Ogudalova seeks to arrange marriages for her three daughters. She maintains an “open house”, hoping to attract gen...

#5
Once Upon a Time in the West

Once Upon a Time in the West

1968★ 8.3

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

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new li...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...