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10 Best Movies Like The Idealist

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

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#1
The Quiet Earth

The Quiet Earth

1985★ 6.6

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

After a top-secret experiment misfires, a scientist may be the only man left alive in the world....

#2
Fail Safe

Fail Safe

2000★ 6.9

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

Cold War tensions climb to a fever pitch when a U.S. bomber is accidentally ordered to drop a nuclear warhead on Moscow....

#3
Chain Reaction

Chain Reaction

1996★ 5.8

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

At the University of Chicago, a research team that includes brilliant student machinist Eddie Kasalivich experiences a breakthrough: a stable form of fusion that may lead to a wast...

#4
How to Blow Up a Pipeline

How to Blow Up a Pipeline

2023★ 6.4

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

A crew of young environmental activists execute a daring mission to sabotage an oil pipeline....

#5
Twilight's Last Gleaming

Twilight's Last Gleaming

1977★ 6.4

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

A renegade USAF general, Lawrence Dell, escapes from a military prison and takes over an ICBM silo near Montana and threatens to provoke World War 3 unless the President reveals de...

#6
The Dam Busters

The Dam Busters

1955★ 6.9

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

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'....

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