Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Matinee

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

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#1
Bunny Lake Is Missing

Bunny Lake Is Missing

1965★ 7.2

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

A woman reports that her young daughter is missing, but there seems to be no evidence that she ever existed....

#2
Botched

Botched

2007★ 5.6

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

Ritchie Donovan is a professional thief whose luck has just run out. The only survivor from a heist that goes terribly wrong, Ritchie is forced to take the rap and is sent to Russi...

#3
Amazon Women on the Moon

Amazon Women on the Moon

1987★ 5.9

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

Centered around a television station which features a 1950s-style sci-fi movie interspersed with a series of wild commercials, wacky shorts and weird specials, this lampoon of cont...

#4
If a Man Answers

If a Man Answers

1962★ 6.0

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

Rich socialite Chantal marries photographer Eugene and everything seems blissful until her envious friend attempts to break them up. In desperation, she turns to her mother, but th...

#5
Houdini

Houdini

1953★ 6.5

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

By the early 1900s, the extraordinary Houdini earned an international reputation for his theatrical tricks and daring feats of extrication from shackles, ropes, handcuffs and... Sc...

#6
Man from God's Country

Man from God's Country

1958★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Matinee for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Dan Beattie gives up his lawman job to move further west and rejoin his old war buddy Curt Warren in the town of Sundown. At first mistaken for a railroad agent by Beau Santee, a S...