Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Festival

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

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#1
Thelma

Thelma

2017★ 6.8

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

A college student starts to experience extreme seizures. She soon learns that the violent episodes are a symptom of inexplicable abilities....

#2
Frantic

Frantic

1988★ 6.7

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

The wife of an American doctor suddenly vanishes in Paris. To find her, he navigates a puzzling web of language, locale, laissez-faire cops, triplicate-form filling bureaucrats and...

#3
M

M

1931★ 8.1

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

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. Beckert's heinous crimes are so repellan...

#4
School of Thieves

School of Thieves

1986★ 5.7

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

Frenetic in its pacing and with miniscule character development, this trite slapstick farce stars three Italian comics - Paolo Villaggio, Lino Banfi, and Massimo Boldi as the idiot...

#5
Incantato

Incantato

2003★ 6.4

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

Rome, 1929. The Pope's tailor sends his only son, 35-year-old virgin Nello, to more liberal Bologna hoping he'll find a wife. His head brimming with ideas on romantic love induced ...

#6
The Stars in the Ditch

The Stars in the Ditch

1979★ 7.9

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

A father and his four sons during the 18th century have their lives thrown into turmoil with the arrival of a woman at their villa. She quickly takes on multiple roles of sister, m...