Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 24, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Island

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

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#1
The Dante Quartet

The Dante Quartet

1987★ 6.3

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

A visual representation, in four parts, of one man's internalization of "The Divine Comedy." Hell is a series of multicolored brush strokes against a white background; the speed of...

#2
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#3
The Stranger

The Stranger

1946★ 7.2

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

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who may be hiding out in a small town in the guise of a distinguished professor enga...

#4
Topaz

Topaz

1969★ 6.0

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

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and bloody spy war in which his o...

#5
Love and Death

Love and Death

1975★ 7.5

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

In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon....

#6
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962★ 7.8

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

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer,...