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10 Best Movies Like Homo Erectus

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

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#1
The Dude in Me

The Dude in Me

2019★ 7.8

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

Dong-hyun is a high school student. One day, he falls from the rooftop and bumps into Pan-soo who is a passerby. Pan-soo is a member of a criminal organization. When the two men wa...

#2
Smother

Smother

2008★ 4.9

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

After he's fired from his job, an everyday guy faces pressure from his wife to have a baby and from his mom, who has decided to move in with the young couple....

#3
Pledge This!

Pledge This!

2007★ 2.7

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

At popular South Beach University, filthy rich super-snob Victoria English is the absolute queen of leading Greek student club, Sigma Sigma. In order to achieve her crowning ambiti...

#4
Snowpiercer

Snowpiercer

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Homo Erectus for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In a future where a failed global-warming experiment kills off most life on the planet, a class system evolves aboard the Snowpiercer; a train that travels around the globe via a p...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...