Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like How to Read

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

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#1
I Could Read the Sky

I Could Read the Sky

1999★ 4.2

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

The film concerns an old Irish immigrant living in London who is looking back over his life. He recalls his early life in the west of Ireland, his first love, emigrating to England...

#2
Step Ahead - Get Ready to Read

Step Ahead - Get Ready to Read

1989★ 3.5

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

"Get Ready to Read"...

#3
Freedom to Read

Freedom to Read

1954★ 4.1

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

Documentary commissioned by Columbia University on the social role of libraries and controversial books....

#4
Read All About It

Read All About It

1945★ 4.6

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

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts...

#5
Read Only Memory

Read Only Memory

1998★ 4.9

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

The film's attempt to re-create an acid trip is showcased in this creature's dance: whenever she moves, a rainbow of colors and shapes appear, as if her appendages are the artist's...

#6
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1898★ 5.7

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

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....