
10 Best Movies Like The Contender
If you loved The Contender, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Primary Colors
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campa...

Wag the Dog
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood p...

The Independent
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
It's the final weeks of the most consequential presidential election in history. America is poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candid...

Max
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics...

Vice
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
George W. Bush picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co., to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive résu...

Too Big to Fail
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Contender for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks....