Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Spotlight

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

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#1
The Return of Ringo

The Return of Ringo

1965★ 6.3

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

Once again billed as Montgomery Wood, Giuliano Gemma plays a civil war soldier who returns to his family land to find his family decimated, his property taken over by a family of M...

#2
Return

Return

2015★ 6.6

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

A tale of terror. Cathy Reed has been institutionalized most of her life because of Schizophrenia, as a child her parents thought she was possessed by demons and had her exercised ...

#3
Fantastic Return to Oz

Fantastic Return to Oz

2019★ 5.4

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

A year to the day after Dorothy and the people of the Emerald City defeated Urfin Jus, the villain is trying to exact his revenge. To command the army of Carraci, however, Urfin ne...

#4
13 Exorcisms

13 Exorcisms

2022★ 5.9

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

After participating in a séance, young Laura begins to behave strangely. Alarmed, her parents ask Father Olmedo, one of the few exorcists authorized by the Vatican to intervene in ...

#5
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome

1985★ 6.2

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

Mad Max becomes a pawn in a decadent oasis of a technological society, and when exiled, becomes the deliverer of a colony of children....

#6
Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation

1997★ 4.5

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

A group of heroic warriors has only six days to save the planet in "Mortal Kombat Annihilation." To succeed they must survive the most spectacular series of challenges any human, o...