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10 Best Movies Like The Act

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

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#1
Main Street on the March!

Main Street on the March!

1941★ 5.6

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

This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese a...

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2011★ 5.3

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

Michiko lost her dad in a car accident when she was 10 years old. After the car accident, Michiko has lived with her mother Kyoko. Michiko, now in her 2nd year of high school, gets...

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Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1898★ 5.7

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

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....

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Main Krishna Hoon

Main Krishna Hoon

2013★ 6.1

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

In answer to an orphan boy's prayers, the divine Lord Krishna comes to Earth, befriends the boy, and helps him find a loving family....

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Last Ma(i)nland

Last Ma(i)nland

2024★ 5.8

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

Photographer Grigory Yaroshenko gets a chance to visit Antarctica and learn about the life of polar explorers. But his wife is expecting their second child, and life changes. Grego...

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2006★ 5.9

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

Tension mounts between a quadraplegic man and his wife as she prepares a bath for him....