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10 Best Movies Like Playing

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

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#1
A Bay of Blood

A Bay of Blood

1971★ 6.6

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

An elderly heiress is killed by her husband who wants control of her fortunes. What ensues is an all-out murder spree as relatives and friends attempt to reduce the inheritance pla...

#2
Chocolat

Chocolat

1988★ 6.9

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

On her way to visit her childhood home in a colonial outpost in Northern Cameroon, a young French woman recalls her childhood, her memories concentrating on her family's houseboy....

#3
Twenty Years Later

Twenty Years Later

1984★ 8.4

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

Eduardo Coutinho was filming a movie with the same name in the Northeast of Brazil, in 1964, when there came the military coup. He had to interrupt the project, and came back to it...

#4
The Deceased

The Deceased

1965★ 7.1

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

After visiting a fortune teller, Zulmira is informed that a blonde woman will threaten her peace. After talking to her husband Toninho, she suspects that her cousin Glorinha may be...

#5
Meteorango Kid, Intergalactic Hero

Meteorango Kid, Intergalactic Hero

1969★ 6.1

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

In Bahia, in the late '60s, the alienated college student Lula spends his time protesting in the university, but without political orientation, wandering on the streets, smoking gr...

#6
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus

2019★ 7.4

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

ZIM discovers his almighty leaders never had any intention of coming to Earth and he loses confidence in himself for the first time in his life, which is the big break his human ne...