Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Islands

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

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#1
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

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

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#2
Cinque secondi

Cinque secondi

2025★ 6.7

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

Who is that scruffy-looking guy who lives alone in the renovated stables of Villa Guelfi? He spends his days doing nothing and avoiding contact with everyone. And when he realizes ...

#3
Euphoria

Euphoria

2018★ 6.5

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

Matteo is a young successful businessman, audacious, charming and energetic. Ettore instead, is a calm, righteous, second grade teacher always living in the shadows, still in the s...

#4
Things Unspoken

Things Unspoken

2026★ 7.1

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

Carlo and Elisa are a successful couple. He’s a university professor and writer facing a creative block; she’s a brilliant, sharp-witted journalist, known for her internationally p...

#5
My Tennis Maestro

My Tennis Maestro

2025★ 6.2

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

Italy, 1989. After years of hard training, 13-year-old Felice, carrying his father's expectations on his shoulders, finally sets out to compete in the national tennis tournaments. ...

#6
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

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