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10 Best Movies Like The Competition

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

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#1
Ready Player One

Ready Player One

2018★ 7.6

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

When the creator of a popular video game system dies, a virtual contest is created to compete for his fortune....

#2
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#3
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

2017★ 6.7

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

Thrust into an all-new adventure, a down-on-his-luck Capt. Jack Sparrow feels the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost sailors led by his old nemesis, ...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Competition for fans of Drama. 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
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

2001★ 7.9

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

Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the...

#6
8 Mile

8 Mile

2002★ 7.1

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

For Jimmy Smith, Jr., life is a daily fight just to keep hope alive. Feeding his dreams in Detroit's vibrant music scene, Jimmy wages an extraordinary personal struggle to find his...