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10 Best Movies Like Pool Sharks

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

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#1
The Life of Emile Zola

The Life of Emile Zola

1937★ 6.7

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

A fictionalized account of famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair. After struggling to establish himself, Zola wins success writing about the uns...

#2
Take a Chance

Take a Chance

1918★ 6.0

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

It's a classic boy-meets-girl story, boy-loses-girl, boy gets mistaken for an escaped convict and ruthlessly chased by armies of cops across the countryside in a thrill-packed stun...

#3
The House by the Cemetery

The House by the Cemetery

1981★ 6.3

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

After a doctor kills his mistress and himself while researching the mysterious previous owner of his Boston home, his colleague, Dr. Norman Boyle, takes over his studies and moves ...

#4
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#5
The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

1958★ 6.9

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

When a princess is shrunken by an evil wizard, Sinbad must undertake a quest to an island of monsters to cure her and prevent a war....

#6
Darkman II: The Return of Durant

Darkman II: The Return of Durant

1995★ 5.6

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

Darkman and Durant return and they hate each other as much as ever. This time, Durant has plans to take over the city's drug trade using high-tech weaponry. Darkman must step in an...