Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Close-Up

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

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#1
Where Is The Friend's House?

Where Is The Friend's House?

1987★ 7.9

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

An 8-year-old boy must return his friend's notebook he took by mistake, lest his friend be punished by expulsion from school....

#2
Siberiade

Siberiade

1979★ 7.0

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

The story about a very small god-forgotten village in Siberia reflects the history of Russia from the beginning of the century till the early 1980s. Three generations try to find t...

#3
Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

Tamala 2010: A Punk Cat in Space

2002★ 6.3

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

Tamala is a cat living on Planet Cat Earth in the Feline Galaxy. In attempt to leave the Feline Galaxy, which is practically owned by a mega corporation called Catty & Co., she cra...

#4
Warning: This Drug May Kill You

Warning: This Drug May Kill You

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Close-Up for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A harrowing, unflinching look at the devastating effects of opioid addiction in the U.S. told from the perspectives of four families devastated by the deadly epidemic....

#5
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That Changed Lives

2015★ 8.0

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

Exploring the social impact of what The Source Magazine in 1998 voted, "The Best Hip Hop Radio Show Of All-Time." The documentary film is the story of quirky friends who became unl...

#6
Goonland

Goonland

1938★ 6.9

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

Popeye sails to Goon Island in search of his Pappy. He finds the place populated by the imposing, but ugly, goons, and a "no humans" sign. His imprisoned pappy at first ignores him...