Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Close

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

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#1
Sairat

Sairat

2016★ 7.6

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

Archi, a local politician’s daughter, and Parshya, a fisherman’s son, fall in love resulting in violence between the families due to the stringent casteism in the village....

#2
Soni

Soni

2019★ 6.8

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

Soni, a young policewoman in Delhi, and her superintendent, Kalpana, have collectively taken on a growing crisis of violent crimes against women. However, their alliance suffers a ...

#3
Lionheart

Lionheart

2018★ 6.2

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

In order to save her father's ailing bus company, competent but perennially overlooked Adaeze must find a way to work alongside feckless uncle Godswill....

#4
The Last Winter

The Last Winter

2006★ 5.3

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

In the Arctic region of Northern Alaska, an oil company's advance team struggles to establish a drilling base that will forever alter the pristine land. After one team member is fo...

#5
Birthmarked

Birthmarked

2018★ 5.8

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

Two scientists raise three children contrarily to their genetic tendencies in order to prove the ultimate power of nurture over nature....

#6
Why Was I Born a Woman?

Why Was I Born a Woman?

1970★ 7.9

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

A family gathers to celebrate Mother's Day, that day a woman discuss many problems about her woman condition; husband, children and grandchildren will hear she tired and overwhelme...