Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 20, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Playing with Fire

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

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#1
A Kid

A Kid

2016★ 7.0

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

Matthieu is a 33 year old Parisian who finds out that the father he never knew has died and decides to go to his funeral in order to meet his two siblings in Quebec. But once in Mo...

#2
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#3
Love at First Fight

Love at First Fight

2014★ 6.5

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

Arnaud, facing an uncertain future and a dearth of choices in a small French coastal town, meets and falls for the apocalyptic-minded Madeleine, who joins an army boot camp to lear...

#4
L'abbiamo fatta grossa

L'abbiamo fatta grossa

2016★ 5.5

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

Yuri Pelagatti is a stage actor who is left jobless after a traumatic separation that resulted in his inability to remember his lines. Arturo Merlino is a shabby “investigator” who...

#5
13th

13th

2016★ 7.9

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

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality....

#6
A.R.O.G

A.R.O.G

2008★ 7.0

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

Commander Logar fools Arif and sends him 1.000.000 years back in the time. He must civilize people from past to reach today....