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10 Best Movies Like The Bench

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

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#1
A Live Toy

A Live Toy

1982★ 5.0

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

A mother rabbit and her three kits are playing in a field. A little girl comes across one of the kits and steals it, dressing it up and playing with it as if it were a living doll....

#2
Ranks and People

Ranks and People

1929★ 5.4

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

From his early silent works, the great Russian film director, Herr Yakov Protazanov, made literary adaptations from equally great Russian writers, as is the case with "Chiny I Lyud...

#3
Judy

Judy

2019★ 6.7

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

Thirty years after starring in "The Wizard of Oz," beloved actress and singer Judy Garland arrives in London to perform sold-out shows at the Talk of the Town nightclub. While ther...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Venom: The Last Dance

Venom: The Last Dance

2024★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Bench for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Eddie and Venom are on the run. Hunted by both of their worlds and with the net closing in, the duo are forced into a devastating decision that will bring the curtains down on Veno...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....