
10 Best Movies Like Ishtar
If you loved Ishtar, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Barbarians
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ishtar for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
Orphaned brothers Kutchek and Gore are adopted by a tribe led by Canary the owner of a powerful jewel. The evil Kadar wants both Canary and the jewel. Attacking the tribe he kidnap...

Epidemic
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ishtar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
A director and screenwriter pen a script and, in the process, blur the line between fiction and reality....

Children of a Lesser God
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ishtar for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Starting his new job as an instructor at a New England school for the deaf, James Leeds meets Sarah Norman, a young deaf woman who works at the school as a member of the custodial ...

Mikey and Nicky
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ishtar for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Nick is desperate, holed up in a cheap hotel, suffering from an ulcer and convinced that a local mob boss wants him killed. Desperate and terrified, he calls Mikey, his friend sinc...

The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ishtar for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
After being exposed to a bizarre mixture of household chemicals, Pat Kramer begins to shrink. This baffles scientists, makes parenting difficult, warms the hearts of Americans, and...

A New Leaf
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Ishtar for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
After running out of funds, Henry Graham, a carefree playboy, plots to marry and murder wealthy botanist Henrietta Lowell....