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10 Best Movies Like The Man Who Fell to Earth

If you loved The Man Who Fell to Earth, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

1983★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Who Fell to Earth for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hammersmith Odeon, London, July 3, 1973. British singer David Bowie performs his alter ego Ziggy Stardust for the very last time. A decadent show, a hallucinogenic collage of kitsc...

#2
Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets

Pulp: a Film About Life, Death & Supermarkets

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Who Fell to Earth for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Pulp found fame on the world stage in the 1990s with anthems including ‘Common People’ and ‘Disco 2000’. 25 years (and 10 million album sales) later, they return to Sheffield for t...

#3
The Challenge

The Challenge

1982★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Who Fell to Earth for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Rick, a down-and-out American boxer, is hired to transport a sword to Japan, unaware that the whole thing is a set up in a bitter blood-feud between two brothers, one who follows t...

#4
Mack the Knife

Mack the Knife

1989★ 6.6

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

In 19th century London, a young girl falls for a womanizing criminal and they decide to wed. Her family strongly disapproves so her father, 'the king of thieves', gets the gangster...

#5
The Luzhin Defence

The Luzhin Defence

2000★ 6.1

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

Based upon the novel by Vladimir Nabokov, a chess grandmaster travels to Italy in the 1920s to play in a tournament and falls in love....

#6
Octubre Pilagá, relatos sobre el silencio

Octubre Pilagá, relatos sobre el silencio

2010★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Man Who Fell to Earth for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In October 1947, the second year of the first government of Juan Domingo Perón, in a place called La Bomba, in northern Argentina, hundreds of people belonging to the Pilagá people...