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10 Best Movies Like The Recycling Man

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

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#1
Summer Games

Summer Games

2011★ 6.0

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

The story of an adult and a teenage couple during a brief summer holiday by the sea. While Nic's parents remain trapped in a precarious mutual dependency despite repeated attempts ...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Recycling Man for fans of Crime. 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....

#3
Julieta

Julieta

2016★ 7.0

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

The film spans 30 years in Julieta’s life from a nostalgic 1985 where everything seems hopeful, to 2015 where her life appears to be beyond repair and she is on the verge of madnes...

#4
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Recycling Man for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Sorry We Missed You

Sorry We Missed You

2019★ 7.3

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

Ricky and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new va...