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10 Best Movies Like The False Step

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

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#1
The World of Apu

The World of Apu

1959★ 8.1

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

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding....

#2
National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

National Theatre Live: Frankenstein

2011★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The False Step for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever h...

#3
S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 2

S.O.S.: Women to the Sea 2

2015★ 6.5

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

Afraid her husband will fall back with his ex girlfriend after they're assigned to work together, Adriana and her sister set sail to the U.S. to go after him to stop this from happ...

#4
Equinox Flower

Equinox Flower

1958★ 7.4

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

Wataru Hirayama's outwardly liberal views on marriage are severely tested when his daughter declares that she is in love with a coworker and is adamant to live life her own way, in...

#5
Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club

1999★ 7.5

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

In this fascinating Oscar-nominated documentary, American guitarist Ry Cooder brings together a group of legendary Cuban folk musicians (some in their 90s) to record a Grammy-winni...

#6
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare

2006★ 5.6

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

It is 200 years before the birth of Christ and Rome is the new superpower of the ancient world. She believes she is invincible - but one man is destined to change that. He is a man...