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10 Best Movies Like The Cobweb

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

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#1
Touched with Fire

Touched with Fire

2016★ 6.0

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

Two young poets with bipolar disorder begin a highly passionate, volatile relationship that threatens both their futures....

#2
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

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

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#3
Lilith

Lilith

1964★ 6.4

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

Vincent Bruce, a war veteran, begins working as an occupational therapist at Poplar Lodge, a private psychiatric facility for wealthy people where he meets Lilith Arthur, a charmin...

#4
Asylum

Asylum

2005★ 5.9

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

A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife....

#5
Fathers and Daughters

Fathers and Daughters

2015★ 7.1

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

A Pulitzer-winning writer grapples with being a widower and father after a mental breakdown, while, 27 years later, his grown daughter struggles to forge connections of her own....

#6
An Unmarried Woman

An Unmarried Woman

1978★ 6.7

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

A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman....

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