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10 Best Movies Like Calliope

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

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#1
James May's Top Toys

James May's Top Toys

2005★ 5.6

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

James May presents a celebration of the toys which have survived across the decades, including Meccano, Lego, Scalextric and Airfix. James's all-time number one is the train set....

#2
Alice

Alice

1990★ 6.3

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

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realize...

#3
Final Portrait

Final Portrait

2017★ 6.0

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

Paris, 1964. The Swiss sculptor and painter Alberto Giacometti, one of the most accomplished and respected artists of his generation, asks his friend, the American writer James Lor...

#4
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge

1961★ 7.6

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

During the American Civil War, a Southerner is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when something unexpected happens....

#5
Empire of Passion

Empire of Passion

1978★ 6.9

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

In a small Japanese village at the end of the 19th century, a rickshaw driver's wife takes on a much younger lover and the two conspire to murder him....

#6
Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again

Kathleen Madigan: Madigan Again

2013★ 7.6

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

Kathleen Madigan drops in on Detroit to deliver material derived from time spent with her Irish Catholic Midwest family, eating random pills out of her mother's purse, touring Afgh...