
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.

Prick Up Your Ears
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Act for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes...

Maurice
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Act for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society....

Beautiful Thing
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Act for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
During a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood....

Pride
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Act for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
In 1984, a group of LGBT activists decide to raise money to support the National Union of Mineworkers during their lengthy strike. There is only one problem: the Union seems embarr...

Femme
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Act for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Jules is a drag artist in London who withdraws into himself and loses his career after a horrific attack. Months later, he recognizes one of his assailants in a gay sauna and quick...

All of Us Strangers
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Act for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life....