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10 Best Movies Like The Commitments

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

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#1
V.I. Warshawski

V.I. Warshawski

1991★ 4.7

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

Victoria "V.I" Warshawski is a Chicago based private detective who agrees to babysit for her new boyfriend; then he is murdered. Being the detective type, she makes the murder her ...

#2
Critical Condition

Critical Condition

1987★ 5.5

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

Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital for a mental assessment. That ...

#3
Strayed

Strayed

2003★ 5.8

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

Fleeing the June 1940 arrival of Hitler's army in Paris, a young war widow and her two children are rescued from dive-bombing German fighters by a cocky, reckless teenager. He find...

#4
L'Immortelle

L'Immortelle

1963★ 6.9

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

A melancholy man meets a stunning, mysterious woman while he is traveling, and discovers she may or may not be involved in a prostitution ring. She disappears after their relations...

#5
Badding

Badding

2000★ 5.5

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

The life of Rauli "Badding" Somerjoki, a Finnish singer....

#6
The Van

The Van

1996★ 6.4

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

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to I...