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10 Best Movies Like The Unknown

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

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#1
Forgotten Faces

Forgotten Faces

1946★ 3.6

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

A marginal guy, Tony, returns from America and, in a nightclub, he meets his old love, who has become a prostitute for his sake, abandoning her husband and child. Tony tries to tak...

#2
Clockwork Bananas

Clockwork Bananas

1974★ 6.2

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

Gilles, who operates a money losing garage, teams up with his friends Max, who operates a scrap yard, and lawyer Xavier to open a brothel catering to women. They get the idea from...

#3
Return to Mayberry

Return to Mayberry

1986★ 6.2

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

After being away for awhile, Andy Taylor returns home to Mayberry to visit Opie, now an expectant father. While there he ends up helping Barney Fife mount a campaign for sheriff....

#4
Boy

Boy

2015★ 4.3

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

The ghost of a young boy explores the world on the day of his death....

#5
Boy

Boy

2012★ 6.9

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

The winner of British Airways ”Great Britons” competition, the film tells the story of a carpenter at the Olympic Velodrome track and his cyclist son....

#6
Q

Q

1982★ 5.7

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

A fleeing gangland flunky discovers the New York nest of Aztec deity Quetzalcoatl, the man-eating flying serpent....