Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Silkwood

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

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#1
Pu-239

Pu-239

2006★ 6.6

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

A worker at a Russian nuclear facility gets exposed to a lethal dose of radiation. In order to provide for his family, he steals some plutonium and sets out to sell it on Moscow's ...

#2
The China Syndrome

The China Syndrome

1979★ 7.1

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

While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publiciz...

#3
The Reflecting Skin

The Reflecting Skin

1990★ 6.7

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

In 1950s rural Idaho, a young boy watches helplessly as his friends and brother fall under the spell of a mysterious widow living up the road and becomes convinced that she is a va...

#4
Dark Waters

Dark Waters

2019★ 7.5

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

A tenacious attorney uncovers a dark secret that connects a growing number of unexplained deaths to one of the world's largest corporations. In the process, he risks everything — h...

#5
Testament

Testament

1983★ 6.4

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

It is just another day in the small town of Hamlin until something disastrous happens. Suddenly, news breaks that a series of nuclear warheads has been dropped along the Eastern Se...

#6
Holocaust 2000

Holocaust 2000

1977★ 5.8

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

An executive in charge of a nuclear power plant in the Mid-East must stop his son-- who turns out to be the Anti Christ -- from blowing it up....

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