Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Taboo

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

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#1
Jungle Fever

Jungle Fever

1991★ 6.4

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

A successful and married black man contemplates having an affair with a white girl from work. He's quite rightly worried that the racial difference would make an already taboo rela...

#2
Tootsie

Tootsie

1982★ 7.2

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

When struggling, out of work actor Michael Dorsey secretly adopts a female alter ego – Dorothy Michaels – in order to land a part in a daytime drama, he unwittingly becomes a femin...

#3
Think Like a Man

Think Like a Man

2012★ 6.8

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

The balance of power in four couples’ relationships is upset when the women start using the advice in Steve Harvey’s book, Act Like A Lady, Think Like A Man, to get more of what th...

#4
Life

Life

2015★ 6.0

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

In 1955, young photographer Dennis Stock develops a close bond with actor James Dean while shooting pictures of the rising Hollywood star....

#5
The Climb

The Climb

2020★ 6.1

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

Kyle and Mike are best friends who share a close bond — until Mike sleeps with Kyle’s fiancée. A stormy but enduring relationship ensues between Kyle, with limitless patience, and ...

#6
Much Ado About Nothing

Much Ado About Nothing

2013★ 6.8

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

A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words....

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