Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Play Things

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

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#1
Great Expectations

Great Expectations

2012★ 6.4

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

Orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and hi...

#2
Hope and Glory

Hope and Glory

1987★ 6.9

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

A middle-aged man recalls his childhood growing up in and around London during World War II....

#3
The Lady in the Van

The Lady in the Van

2015★ 6.4

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

The true story of the relationship between Alan Bennett and the singular Miss Shepherd, a woman of uncertain origins who ‘temporarily’ parked her van in Bennett’s London driveway a...

#4
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

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

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#6
London Calling

London Calling

2025★ 6.6

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

After fleeing the UK from a job gone wrong, a down on his luck hitman is forced to babysit the son of his new crime boss and show him how to become a man....

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