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10 Best Movies Like The Common Man

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

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#1
Twilight Zone: The Movie

Twilight Zone: The Movie

1983★ 6.5

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

An anthology film presenting remakes of three episodes from the "Twilight Zone" TV series—"Kick the Can", "It's a Good Life" and "Nightmare at 20,000 Feet"—and one original story, ...

#2
Small Time Crooks

Small Time Crooks

2000★ 6.4

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

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success....

#3
The Old Gun

The Old Gun

1975★ 7.5

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

In Montauban in 1944, Julien Dandieu in a surgeon in the local hospital. Frightened by the German army entering Montauban, he asks his friend Francois to drive his wife and his dau...

#4
The Dogs

The Dogs

1979★ 6.0

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

After several inhabitants of a new city were bitten by dogs, a young doctor tries to put a stop to the climb of violence....

#5
Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full

Don't Cry with Your Mouth Full

1973★ 6.0

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

Annie, a 16 years old girl, loves Frédéric who is away doing his national service. During her holidays in the country, she meets Alexandre. He's older, owns a car and she experienc...

#6
On Her Majesty's Secret Service

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

1969★ 6.6

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

James Bond tracks his archnemesis, Ernst Blofeld, to a mountaintop retreat in the Swiss alps where he is training an army of beautiful, lethal women. Along the way, Bond falls for ...