Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Idol

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

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#1
The People vs. Fritz Bauer

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

2015★ 6.8

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

It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer dogge...

#2
A Little Game

A Little Game

2014★ 6.5

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

Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-...

#3
Limonov: The Ballad

Limonov: The Ballad

2024★ 6.4

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

A revolutionary militant, a thug, an underground writer, a butler to a millionaire in Manhattan. But also a switchblade-waving poet, a lover of beautiful women, a warmonger, a poli...

#4
Our Patriots

Our Patriots

2017★ 5.9

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

After the French defeat of summer 1940, Addi Ba, a young Senegalese rifleman escapes and hides in the Vosges. Aided by some villagers, he gets false documents that allow him to liv...

#5
Red Zora

Red Zora

2008★ 5.2

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

In this sun soaked adventure for the entire family, a group of five orphaned children form their own makeshift family while attempting to operate outside the rules of society. Thou...

#6
Revenge

Revenge

1990★ 6.5

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

Michael ‘Jay’ Cochran has just left the Navy after 12 years and he's not quite sure what he's going to do, except that he knows he wants a holiday. He decides to visit Tiburon Mend...