
10 Best Movies Like Threads
If you loved Threads, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Day After
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Threads for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In the mid-1980s, the U.S. is poised on the brink of nuclear war. This shadow looms over the residents of a small town in Kansas as they continue their daily lives. Dr. Russell Oak...

The Man Who Saved the World
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Threads for fans of War. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
The Man Who Saved the World is a feature documentary film about Stanislav Petrov, a former lieutenant colonel of the Soviet Air Defence Forces....

The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Threads for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.
Kenzo Okuzaki, a 62-year-old veteran of the New Guinea campaign in World War II, sets out to conduct interviews with survivors and relatives to find the truth behind atrocities com...

The Onion Field
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Threads for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted b...

Medium Cool
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Threads for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
John Cassellis is the toughest TV news reporter around. After extensively reporting about violence and racial tensions in poor communities, he discovers that his network is helping...

Liliom
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Threads for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Two women love the same man in a world of few prospects. In Budapest, Liliom is a "public figure," a rascal who's a carousel barker, loved by the experienced merry-go-round owner a...