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10 Best Movies Like The Rat Race

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

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#1
The Time Machine

The Time Machine

1960★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Rat Race for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species....

#2
Barefoot

Barefoot

2017★ 5.3

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

Story of a small boy is forced to move out of Prague during World War 2 to a small village of Slavonice where he meets the rest of his family. He needs to make new friends and get ...

#3
Fargo

Fargo

1996★ 7.8

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

Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty...

#4
The World of Apu

The World of Apu

1959★ 8.1

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

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding....

#5
Rocco and His Brothers

Rocco and His Brothers

1960★ 8.0

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

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....