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10 Best Movies Like The Alcove

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

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#1
The Pleasure

The Pleasure

1985★ 4.4

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

Italy in the early 1930s. To the elderly aristocrat Gerard, all that is left of Leonora, the love of his life, are a number of erotic tape recordings. She led a double life as resp...

#2
Black as Night

Black as Night

2021★ 5.5

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

A teenage girl with self-esteem issues finds confidence in the most unlikely way, by spending her summer battling vampires that prey on New Orleans' disenfranchised with the help o...

#3
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies

Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies

1999★ 5.7

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

During a failed art heist, the Djinn is once again liberated. This time, to complete the 1001 wishes that he needs before the final 3, he lets himself go to prison, where he starts...

#4
Extreme Prejudice

Extreme Prejudice

1987★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Alcove for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love inte...

#5
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#6
Fantozzi Retires

Fantozzi Retires

1988★ 6.1

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

After thirty years in the big corporation, Ugo Fantozzi retires. Suddenly, he needs things to do in everyday life and he tries a number of activities: helping Pina shopping; babysi...