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10 Best Movies Like The Idiot

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

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#1
Drunken Angel

Drunken Angel

1948★ 7.6

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

In postwar Tokyo, a blunt, alcohol-soaked doctor diagnoses a swaggering young yakuza with tuberculosis, forging an uneasy bond that’s tested when the gangster’s ruthless former bos...

#2
Sanshiro Sugata

Sanshiro Sugata

1943★ 6.5

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

A hotheaded youth in 1880s Meiji Japan apprentices to judo master Shōgorō Yano, trading brute jujutsu bravado for discipline and humility. As Sanshirō matures, he proves judo’s spi...

#3
The Gambler

The Gambler

1964★ 6.7

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

About Aleka who is obsessed with playing cards and the efforts of her husband to make her quit this bad "habit"....

#4
The Colonel

The Colonel

2006★ 6.8

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

A "Reformed Colonel" is found dead in Paris, a couple of decades after Algeria's struggle for independence was won from France. Lieutenant Galois is assigned the investigation of t...

#5
Ordinary Heroes

Ordinary Heroes

1999★ 7.1

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

Ordinary Heroes is a narration about the life stories of an advocate, a prostitute, a social worker, and a priest during the social movements from 1970s to 1980s in Hong Kong. The ...

#6
The Hustler

The Hustler

1961★ 7.7

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

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stak...