Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Opening

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

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#1
Showing Up

Showing Up

2023★ 5.9

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

In the days leading up to a possibly career-changing exhibition, a sculptor navigates her relationships with family, friends, and colleagues....

#2
Blue

Blue

1993★ 7.1

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

Against a plain, unchanging blue screen, a densely interwoven soundtrack of voices, sound effects and music attempt to convey a portrait of Derek Jarman's experiences with AIDS, bo...

#3
Hallam Foe

Hallam Foe

2007★ 6.6

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

Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears-and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself search...

#4
Me and You and Everyone We Know

Me and You and Everyone We Know

2005★ 7.0

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

Single dad Richard meets Christine, a starving artist who moonlights as a cabbie. They awkwardly attempt to start a romance, but Richard’s divorce has left him emotionally damaged....

#5
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#6
Crimes of the Future

Crimes of the Future

2022★ 6.0

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

With his partner, a celebrity performance artist publicly showcases the metamorphosis of his organs in avant-garde performances. An investigator from the National Organ Registry ob...

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