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10 Best Movies Like The Rite

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

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#1
Shame

Shame

1968★ 7.5

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

In the midst of a civil war, a pair of former violinists in a tempestuous marriage oversee a farm on a rural island. In spite of their best efforts to escape their homeland, the wa...

#2
The Devil's Eye

The Devil's Eye

1960★ 7.1

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

Don Juan is sent from Hell to Earth with a mission: to seduce a virgin in order to spoil her pure wedding. The mission becomes frantic when Don Juan falls in love for the first tim...

#3
Pixote

Pixote

1980★ 7.9

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

10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old...

#4
Interiors

Interiors

1978★ 6.8

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

When Eve, an interior designer, is deserted by her husband of many years, Arthur, the emotionally glacial relationships of the three grown-up daughters are laid bare. Twisted by je...

#5
Thirst

Thirst

1949★ 6.3

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

A troubled couple return to Stockholm after vacationing in Italy. Meanwhile, a widow resists seductions from two different individuals: her psychiatrist and a lesbian friend....

#6
Beware of Mr. Baker

Beware of Mr. Baker

2012★ 7.4

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

Ginger Baker is known for playing in Cream and Blind Faith, but the world's greatest drummer didn’t hit his stride until 1972, when he arrived in Nigeria and discovered Fela Kuti's...