15 Movies Like The Witness

Loved The Witness? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Barbie
#1

Barbie

Barbie and Ken are having the time of their lives in the colorful and seemingly perfect world of Barbie Land. However, when they get a chance to go to the real world, they soon discover the joys and perils of living among humans.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Pizza Movie
#2

Pizza Movie

A group of college students go downstairs to their dorm lobby to get a delivery pizza. There's only one issue: They're insanely high on a homemade drug, turning their simple journey down two sets of stairs into a mind-bendingly transformative quest.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Bugonia
#3

Bugonia

Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Ricky Gervais: Mortality
#4

Ricky Gervais: Mortality

Ricky Gervais tackles life, death and the state of the world in a brutally honest special that spares no topic, even his own mortality.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive
#5

Aziz Ansari: Buried Alive

Standup comedian Aziz Ansari ("Parks and Recreation") headlines his third standup special, where he shares his uniquely hilarious perspective on fears of adulthood, babies, marriage, and more. Ansari's look at life on the cusp of 30 years old is smart, unfiltered, and hysterical.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Desperate Living
#6

Desperate Living

After killing her husband, Peggy Gravel and her murderous maid Grizelda wind up in the crazy town of Mortville, where Queen Carlotta presides over a sleazy collection of misfits.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Beau Is Afraid
#7

Beau Is Afraid

Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic odyssey back home.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent
#8

The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Duplex
#9

Duplex

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Sleeper
#10

Sleeper

Miles Monroe, a clarinet-playing health food store proprietor, is revived out of cryostasis 200 years into a future world in order to help rebels fight an oppressive government regime.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

The Kill Room
#11

The Kill Room

A hitman, his boss, an art dealer and a money-laundering scheme that accidentally turns the assassin into an overnight avant-garde sensation, one that forces her to play the art world against the underworld.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

They Cloned Tyrone
#12

They Cloned Tyrone

A series of eerie events thrusts an unlikely trio onto the trail of a nefarious government conspiracy lurking directly beneath their neighborhood.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.

Moscow Square
#13

Moscow Square

1989 is an important year in the political history of Hungary. However, Petya and his friends couldn't care less. They are about to graduate high school. The only important things to them are the parties, girls, making some easy cash. And of course, passing the upcoming exam with the leaked questions.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Witness.

Bad Poems
#14

Bad Poems

33-years old Tamás Merthner is heartbroken, after his girlfriend Anna, who is on a scholarship in Paris, breaks up with him. While wallowing in self-pity, Tamás takes a trip down memory lane to figure out if love only exists when it's practically gone. As he's trying to pick up the pieces, he begins to realize what makes this current society so confused, which gives us a highly subjective view of Hungary's present.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Witness.

The Distinguished Gentleman
#15

The Distinguished Gentleman

A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Witness.