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10 Best Movies Like The Closet

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

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#1
Nicostratos the Pelican

Nicostratos the Pelican

2011★ 6.5

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

After his wife died a man refuses to go out and doesn't want to talk to his only son. Life has no meaning for him. One day his son finds a baby pelican and decides to leave the bir...

#2
Let's Get Those English Girls

Let's Get Those English Girls

1976★ 5.5

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

When their little cheat fails, Alain and Jean-Pierre fail their final high-school exams in English. Their parents deny them the planned vacation to the Côte d’Azur and send them in...

#3
Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

Le Portrait de Dorian Gray

1977★ 5.0

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

Basil Hallward is a mediocre painter. His exhibitions owe their success to his social position and nothing more. But one day Basil meets Dorian Gray, symbol of youth and a certain ...

#4
The Secrets of Comfort House

The Secrets of Comfort House

2006★ 4.0

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

A multiple murder investigation in a small hunting town focuses on one suspect, Wendy Sinclair, who operates a battered women's shelter where each of the victims' wives have sought...

#5
Tiger Boy

Tiger Boy

2012★ 7.8

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

Matteo, a nine years old kid, builds a mask identical to the one of his hero: a wrestler of a roman suburb called The Tiger. Once the mask is on, Matteo never wants to take it off....

#6
Undertaking Betty

Undertaking Betty

2002★ 6.1

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

A politician's wife and the mortician who has secretly loved her for years plan to fake her death so they can run away together....