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10 Best Movies Like Cabaret

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

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#1
Bent

Bent

1997★ 6.9

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

Max is a handsome young man who, after a fateful tryst with a German soldier, is forced to run for his life. Eventually Max is placed in a concentration camp where he pretends to b...

#2
TÁR

TÁR

2022★ 7.1

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

As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present....

#3
Christopher and His Kind

Christopher and His Kind

2011★ 6.3

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

In 1931, budding author Christopher Isherwood goes to Berlin at the invitation of his friend W. H. Auden for the gay sex that abounds in the city. He falls for street sweeper Heinz...

#4
Trick

Trick

1999★ 6.9

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

Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabr...

#5
Where Hands Touch

Where Hands Touch

2018★ 7.9

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

Germany, 1944. Leyna, the 15-year old daughter of a white German mother and a black African father, meets Lutz, a compassionate member of the Hitler Youth whose father is a promine...

#6
Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Cabaret for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arno...

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