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10 Best Movies Like Icarus

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

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#1
Strong Island

Strong Island

2017★ 6.4

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

Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perce...

#2
Jim Jefferies: Intolerant

Jim Jefferies: Intolerant

2020★ 7.2

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

Between scenes from an excruciating date, Jim Jefferies digs into generational differences, his own bad habits and the shifting boundaries in comedy....

#3
Literally, Right Before Aaron

Literally, Right Before Aaron

2017★ 4.8

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

Still reeling from his breakup with college sweetheart Allison, Adam's world is thrown into further chaos when he’s surprisingly invited to attend her upcoming wedding. Returning h...

#4
Beats

Beats

2019★ 6.6

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

Summer 1994, Scotland. Johnno and Spanner are best mates, but Johnno’s family are moving him to a new town and a better life, leaving Spanner behind to face a precarious future. In...

#5
Chasing Trane

Chasing Trane

2017★ 7.2

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

An account of the life of the brilliant jazz musician John Coltrane (1926-67), a gifted saxophonist, an extraordinarily talented thinker whose original, avant-garde work has impact...

#6
Sour Grapes

Sour Grapes

2016★ 7.3

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

Controversy erupts when an unassuming young man floods the American wine market with fake vintages valued in the millions, bamboozling the wine world elite, in this humorous and su...