Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Sapphire

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

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#1
Passing

Passing

2021★ 6.3

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

In 1920s New York City, a Black woman finds her world upended when her life becomes intertwined with a former childhood friend who's passing as white....

#2
Lady Macbeth

Lady Macbeth

2016★ 6.6

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

Rural England, 1865. Katherine, suffocated by her loveless marriage to a bitter man and restrained by his father's tyranny, unleashes an irresistible force within her, so powerful ...

#3
Day of the Fight

Day of the Fight

1951★ 5.7

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

Stanley Kubrick’s debut documentary, following Irish-American middleweight boxer Walter Cartier on April 17, 1950—the day of his bout with Bobby James. The film traces Cartier’s qu...

#4
Summer Camp

Summer Camp

2016★ 5.6

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

A group of people have just signed up to be camp Councillors at a foreign country. They expect the camp to be the place for a memorable summer. Instead, something strange is goin...

#5
Seance on a Wet Afternoon

Seance on a Wet Afternoon

1964★ 7.2

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

Working-class British housewife Myra Savage reinvents herself as a medium, holding seances in the sitting room of her home with the hidden assistance of her under-employed, asthmat...

#6
Defence of the Realm

Defence of the Realm

1986★ 6.4

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

A reporter named Mullen 'stumbles' onto a story linking a prominent Member of Parliament to a KGB agent and a near-nuclear disaster involving a teenage runaway and a U.S. Air Force...