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10 Best Movies Like Houdini

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

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#1
My Dinner with Hervé

My Dinner with Hervé

2018★ 6.3

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

An unlikely friendship evolves over one wild night in LA between a struggling journalist and actor Hervé Villechaize, the world's most famous gun-toting dwarf, resulting in life-ch...

#2
England Is Mine

England Is Mine

2017★ 5.8

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

A portrait of Steven Patrick Morrissey and his early life in 1970s Manchester before he went on to become lead singer of seminal 1980s band The Smiths....

#3
Wormwood

Wormwood

2017★ 6.9

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

In this genre-bending tale, Errol Morris explores the mysterious death of a U.S. scientist entangled in a secret Cold War program known as MK-Ultra....

#4
Breathe

Breathe

2017★ 7.4

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

Based on the true story of Robin, a handsome, brilliant and adventurous man whose life takes a dramatic turn when polio leaves him paralyzed....

#5
The Most Hated Woman in America

The Most Hated Woman in America

2017★ 6.2

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

The true story of Madalyn Murray O'Hair -- iconoclast, opportunist, and outspoken atheist -- from her controversial rise to her untimely demise....

#6
Death Defying Acts

Death Defying Acts

2007★ 5.9

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

On a tour of Britain in 1926, Harry Houdini enters into a passionate affair with a psychic out to con the famous magician....

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