Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Refuge

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

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#1
The Name of the Rose

The Name of the Rose

1986★ 7.5

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

14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To sol...

#2
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#3
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#4
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

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

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#5
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....