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10 Best Movies Like The Gates of Vanity

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

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#1
UFO: It Is Here

UFO: It Is Here

2016ā€¢ā˜… 3.9

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

Five film students are producing a documentary about the local zoo when suddenly the animals go berserk: The reason is a light ball flying by in the sky and crashing at the horizon...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019ā€¢ā˜… 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Gates of Vanity for fans of Drama & Thriller. 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....

#3
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019ā€¢ā˜… 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#4
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1975ā€¢ā˜… 8.4

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

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patients—and an enemy to the cruel, domine...

#5
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994ā€¢ā˜… 8.7

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

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...

#6
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

1964ā€¢ā˜… 8.1

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

After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop ...