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10 Best Movies Like Carlos

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

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#1
The Conspirator

The Conspirator

2011★ 6.6

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

Mary Surratt is the lone female charged as a co-conspirator in the assassination trial of Abraham Lincoln. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluc...

#2
Youth Without Youth

Youth Without Youth

2007★ 6.1

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

Professor of language and philosophy Dominic Matei is struck by lightning and ages backwards from 70 to 40 in a week, attracting the world and the Nazis. While on the run, the pro...

#3
Stavisky...

Stavisky...

1974★ 5.9

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

Biarritz, 1933. Charm and talent help small-time swindler Serge Alexandre, alias Stavisky, to bribe his way into the centre of French political power. But when his great scam invol...

#4
Wendy and Lucy

Wendy and Lucy

2008★ 6.8

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

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it....

#5
Win Win

Win Win

2011★ 6.8

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

When down-on-his-luck part-time high school wrestling coach Mike agrees to become legal guardian to an elderly man, his ward's troubled grandson turns out to be a star grappler, sp...

#6
2 Days in Paris

2 Days in Paris

2007★ 6.2

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

Marion and Jack try to rekindle their relationship with a visit to Paris, home of Marion's parents — and several of her ex-boyfriends....