Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 22, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Plainsong

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

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#1
Ready or Not

Ready or Not

2019‱★ 7.0

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

A young bride's wedding night turns into her worst nightmare when her ridiculously rich in-laws force her to play a gruesome game of hide-and-seek....

#2
Joker

Joker

2019‱★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
1917

1917

2019‱★ 8.0

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

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#4
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)

2020‱★ 6.9

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

Harley Quinn joins forces with a singer, an assassin and a police detective to help a young girl who had a hit placed on her after she stole a rare diamond from a crime lord....

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023‱★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Plainsong 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....

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994‱★ 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...