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10 Best Movies Like Breakthrough

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

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#1
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

2011★ 7.8

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

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever h...

#2
Six Reasons Why

Six Reasons Why

2008★ 5.2

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

In a desolate place called the Badlands, four men stand off with guns drawn, their fingers ready at the trigger. Among them are a fugitive seeking redemption, a son out to avenge h...

#3
Avatar

Avatar

2006★ 5.9

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

Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him....

#4
LOL

LOL

★ 6.1

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

A story of a boy and his dog named LOL....

#5
Megazone 23 II

Megazone 23 II

1986★ 6.0

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

The Dezalg have returned with a new, horrible weapon and unleashed it on Megazone 23's defenses. Believing their salvation is also in new weapons, B.D. is again bent on breaking th...

#6
The Trip to Squash Land

The Trip to Squash Land

1967★ 4.6

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

The earliest recognized film by Lars Trier (made in his youth before he adopted the "von") is this stop motion cartoon, where a super-sausage saves a bunny....