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10 Best Movies Like Casablanca

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

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#1
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941★ 8.0

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

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive m...

#2
The Wizard of Oz

The Wizard of Oz

1939★ 7.6

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

Young Dorothy finds herself in a magical world where she makes friends with a lion, a scarecrow and a tin man as they make their way along the yellow brick road to talk with the Wi...

#3
The Best Years of Our Lives

The Best Years of Our Lives

1946★ 7.8

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

It's the hope that sustains the spirit of every GI: the dream of the day when he will finally return home. For three WWII veterans, the day has arrived. But for each man, the dream...

#4
The Big Sleep

The Big Sleep

1946★ 7.6

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

Private Investigator Philip Marlowe is hired by wealthy General Sternwood regarding a matter involving his youngest daughter Carmen. Before the complex case is over, Marlowe sees m...

#5
The Maltese Falcon

The Maltese Falcon

1941★ 7.7

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

A private detective takes on a case that involves him with three eccentric criminals, a beautiful liar, and their quest for a priceless statuette....

#6
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre

1948★ 8.0

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

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the wa...