Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 20, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Popcorn

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

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#1
Kaithi

Kaithi

2019★ 7.6

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

Dilli, a convicted criminal, is out on parole to meet his daughter. However, a drug bust sets him off on a mission to save the life of police officers....

#2
The Return

The Return

2024★ 6.5

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

After twenty years away, Odysseus washes up on the shores of Ithaca, haggard and unrecognizable. The king has finally returned home, but much has changed in his kingdom since he le...

#3
Dara of Jasenovac

Dara of Jasenovac

2020★ 7.5

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

During the Nazi-occupied Ustasha regime "NDH" in former Yugoslavia during WWII, little girl Dara is sent to the concentration camp complex Jasenovac in Croatia also known as "Balka...

#4
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

#5
The Seed of the Sacred Fig

The Seed of the Sacred Fig

2024★ 7.6

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

Investigating judge Iman grapples with paranoia amid political unrest in Tehran. When his gun vanishes, he suspects his wife and daughters, imposing draconian measures that strain ...

#6
The Bad Poet

The Bad Poet

2021★ 6.1

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

1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly res...