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10 Best Movies Like Subject for a Short Story

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

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#1
When Love Happens

When Love Happens

2014★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Subject for a Short Story for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Fed up with coordinating weddings for everyone else, unlucky-in-love event planner Mo turns to the internet to see if she can find her own Mr. Right....

#2
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

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

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...

#3
Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace

2013★ 8.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Subject for a Short Story for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mecha Mutt, a revolutionary remote-controlled lunar rover resembling a large canine, goes rogue at Houston's Annual Science Expo. Scooby-Doo! Mecha Mutt Menace is the fourth in a s...

#4
OSS 117: Lost in Rio

OSS 117: Lost in Rio

2009★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Subject for a Short Story for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

In 1967, OSS 117 is sent to Brazil in order to retrieve a microfilm list of French Nazi sympathizers, only to once again unknowingly set foot into a bigger international intrigue....

#5
Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

Halloween 5: The Revenge of Michael Myers

1989★ 5.3

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

After lying in a coma for a year, Michael Myers awakens and stalks his way back to his small hometown in Illinois, intent on killing his niece, Jamie, who has been confined to a me...

#6
Red

Red

2021★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Subject for a Short Story for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When civil engineer Siddharth is arrested for a murder on the basis of a pictorial evidence, cops discover his lookalike Aditya and realize they have only 48 hours to solve the cas...