Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Orfeu

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

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#1
Handsome Devil

Handsome Devil

2017★ 7.0

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

A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate....

#2
Whip It

Whip It

2009★ 6.7

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

In Bodeen, Texas, an indie-rock loving misfit finds a way of dealing with her small-town misery after she discovers a roller derby league in nearby Austin....

#3
The Forbidden Dance

The Forbidden Dance

1990★ 6.1

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

A princess in the Amazon rain forests tries to fight a conglomerate threatening the forests by going to Los Angeles. There she links up with a rich kid who tells her that she must ...

#4
Black Orpheus

Black Orpheus

1959★ 7.0

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

Young lovers Orfeu and Eurydice run through the favelas of Rio during Carnaval, on the lam from a hitman dressed like Death and Orfeu's vengeful fiancée Mira and passing between mo...

#5
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

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

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....