🎬 Movies Like Requiem for a Dream
Loved Requiem for a Dream (2000)? Four Coney Island dreamers chase love, fame, and escape, but addiction and obsession begin to distort their hopes for a better life.. Here are 25 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Requiem for a Dream itself.
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The Whale20227.6 IMDb64% RT critics91% RT audience78% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser64·91Shared talent: director Darren Aronofsky; Both are drama films
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Trainspotting19968.1 IMDb90% RT critics93% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim90·93Often recommended together; Shared themes: hallucination, drug addiction
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The Doors19917.2 IMDb57% RT critics79% RT audience71% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser57·79Often recommended together; Shared themes: hallucination
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The Wrestler20087.9 IMDb99% RT critics88% RT audience75% TMDBShared talent: director Darren Aronofsky; Both are drama films
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Pi19987.3 IMDb88% RT critics85% RT audience71% TMDBShared talent: director Darren Aronofsky, Joanne Gordon; Both are drama films
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Bronson20087.0 IMDb75% RT critics74% RT audience70% TMDBOften recommended together; Shared themes: isolation
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American Beauty19998.3 IMDb87% RT critics84% Metacritic93% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim87·93Both are drama films; Matching emotional, funny tone
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Natural Born Killers19947.2 IMDb52% RT critics81% RT audience70% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser52·81Often recommended together; Matching dark, emotional tone
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The Hunt20128.3 IMDb92% RT critics93% RT audience81% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim92·93Shared themes: psychological drama, tragedy; Both are drama films
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Last Exit to Brooklyn19896.8 IMDb65% RT critics74% RT audience65% TMDBShared talent: writer Hubert Selby Jr.; Shared themes: set in brooklyn, set in united states
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The Shipping News20016.7 IMDb53% RT critics61% RT audience64% TMDBShared themes: isolation; Both are drama films
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The Sweet Hereafter19977.4 IMDb98% RT critics86% RT audience69% TMDBShared themes: tragedy; Both are drama films
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Gran Torino20088.1 IMDb81% RT critics90% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim81·90Both are drama films; Matching emotional tone
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Half Nelson20067.1 IMDb91% RT critics82% RT audience66% TMDBShared themes: set in brooklyn, set in united states; Both are drama films
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The Shawshank Redemption19949.3 IMDb89% RT critics82% Metacritic98% RT audience87% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim89·98Both are drama films; Matching emotional, light tone
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My Father and My Son20058.2 IMDb96% RT audience74% TMDBBoth are drama films; Matching emotional tone
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The Ice Storm19977.3 IMDb86% RT critics82% RT audience69% TMDBBoth are drama films; Matching emotional tone
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You Can Count on Me20007.5 IMDb95% RT critics88% RT audience69% TMDBBoth are drama films; Matching emotional tone
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Mysterious Skin20047.6 IMDb86% RT critics89% RT audience77% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim86·89Both are drama films; Matching emotional tone
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Drugstore Cowboy19897.2 IMDb94% RT critics85% RT audience71% TMDBOften recommended together; Shared themes: drug addiction, set in united states
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No Exit20226.2 IMDb62% RT critics53% RT audience68% TMDBOften recommended together; Shared themes: isolation, set in united states
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Suburbia19836.9 IMDb93% RT critics80% RT audience67% TMDBOften recommended together; Both are drama films
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Repeaters20105.7 IMDb20% RT critics33% RT audience58% TMDB⚡ Polarizing20·33Often recommended together; Both are drama films
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The Ghoul20165.6 IMDb76% RT critics25% RT audience60% TMDBOften recommended together; Both are drama films
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