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10 Best Movies Like Category 5

If you loved Category 5, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Long Ships

The Long Ships

1964★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Category 5 for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treas...

#2
Deadpool

Deadpool

2016★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Category 5 for fans of Adventure & Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The origin story of former Special Forces operative turned mercenary Wade Wilson, who, after being subjected to a rogue experiment that leaves him with accelerated healing powers, ...

#3
Re-Existences

Re-Existences

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Category 5 for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

“Re-Existence” is a documentary about migration stories of individuals from the Brazilian queer community....

#4
Stonehearst Asylum

Stonehearst Asylum

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Category 5 for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An Oxford Medical School graduate takes a position at a mental institution and soon becomes obsessed with a female mental patient, but he has no idea of a recent and horrifying sta...

#5
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Category 5 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#6
71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance

1995★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Category 5 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

71 scenes revolving around multiple Viennese residents who are by chance involved with a senseless gun slaughter on Christmas Eve....