Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 22, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Sembene!

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

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#1
The Good, the Bad, the Weird

The Good, the Bad, the Weird

2008★ 7.2

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

The story of three Korean outlaws in 1930s Manchuria and their dealings with the Japanese army and Chinese and Russian bandits. The Good (a bounty hunter), the Bad (a hitman), and ...

#2
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

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

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#3
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sembene! for fans of History. 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....

#4
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sembene! 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....

#6
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sembene! 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 ...