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10 Best Movies Like The Rapture

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

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#1
Umberto D.

Umberto D.

1952★ 7.9

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

When elderly pensioner Umberto Domenico Ferrari returns to his boarding house from a protest calling for a hike in old-age pensions, his landlady demands her 15,000-lire rent by th...

#2
A Brighter Summer Day

A Brighter Summer Day

1991★ 8.3

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

A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan....

#3
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Reunion

2020★ 8.1

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

Join Will Smith, Tatyana Ali, Karyn Parsons, Joseph Marcell, Daphne Maxwell Reid, Alfonso Ribeiro and DJ Jazzy Jeff, for a funny and heartfelt night full of music and dancing in ho...

#4
Scandal

Scandal

1989★ 5.9

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

An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she a...

#5
The X Files: I Want to Believe

The X Files: I Want to Believe

2008★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rapture for fans of Mystery & Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent....

#6
The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

1993★ 7.4

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

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The ...