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10 Best Movies Like Scum

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

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#1
A Virgin Among the Living Dead

A Virgin Among the Living Dead

1973★ 4.8

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

A girl arrives from London to visit her estranged relatives in a remote castle for the reading of her father's will. After a while she discovers that they are all in fact dead and ...

#2
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Scum 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...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Scum for fans of Drama. 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....

#4
Lost Highway

Lost Highway

1997★ 7.5

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

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell....

#5
The Florida Project

The Florida Project

2017★ 7.4

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

The story of a precocious six year-old and her ragtag group of friends whose summer break is filled with childhood wonder, possibility and a sense of adventure while the adults aro...

#6
The Two Popes

The Two Popes

2019★ 7.5

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

Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio requests permission to retire in 2012 from Pope Benedict. Instead, facing scandal and self-doubt, the introspective ...