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10 Best Movies Like The King of Escape

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

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#1
My New Friends

My New Friends

2024★ 5.8

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

Police officer Lucie’s solitary daily life is disturbed by the arrival of a young couple and their little girl who move in next door. As she grows fond of them, she discovers that ...

#2
All the Beauty of the World

All the Beauty of the World

2006★ 5.8

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

This is the story of Franck and Tina. Franck loves Tina, but she can't love him. The man of her life has just died and she's having a nervous breakdown. During a journey to Asia, w...

#3
Agniya

Agniya

2025★ 4.0

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

The wayward stove—maker Agnia does not spoil life - she lives in the Far North in an emergency poorly heated house, fishes in an ice hole and raises her son alone. Seasonal work ma...

#4
Into the Wild

Into the Wild

2007★ 7.8

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

After graduating from Emory University in 1992, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity, and hi...

#5
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

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

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#6
Dr Terror's House of Horrors

Dr Terror's House of Horrors

1965★ 6.4

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

Five train passengers are joined by a mysterious fortuneteller who offers to read Tarot. A quintet of stories unfold: an architect returns to his ancestral home to find a vengeful ...