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10 Best Movies Like Mateo

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

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#1
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009★ 8.5

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

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#2
Hello

Hello

2013★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mateo for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

I wouldn't answer if I were you' Hello is the story of a young lady who falls prey to an evil killer.. alone in her apartment, eagerly awaiting the return of her boyfriend, the pho...

#3
Planetary Catastrophe

Planetary Catastrophe

2019★ 10.0

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

Prof. Robert Michelson takes you on a journey to a time when the Watchers roamed the Earth, corrupting it for their own pleasure and as an affront to its creator. So massive was t...

#4
Jean Painlevé Through His Films

Jean Painlevé Through His Films

1989★ 6.0

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

This documentary about the life and work of filmmaker Jean Painlevé was originally presented in eight parts on French television. It was edited to remove duplicated material from i...

#5
Hello

Hello

1999★ 6.3

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

Chandru's friends make fun of him as he does not have a girlfriend. He points out at a girl claiming that she is his girlfriend, due to which a number of unfortunate events take pl...

#6
Nullarbor

Nullarbor

2011★ 7.3

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

An animated road-movie set across the vast and barren landscape of Australia's Nullarbor Plain....