Movies Like Shadows of the World
If you liked Shadows of the World (2021), a fantasy and drama movie directed by Marios P. Papageorgiou, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Nine Days (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and fantasyA bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
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Tuesday (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also fantasy and dramaA mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
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Vesper (2022)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and fantasyAfter the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…
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40 Acres (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and fantasyHailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…
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SAS: Red Notice (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaAn off-duty SAS soldier, Tom Buckingham, must thwart a terror attack on a train running through the Channel Tunnel. As the action escalates on the train, events transpire in the corridors of power that may make the…
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Special (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasyA lonely metermaid has a psychotic reaction to his medication and becomes convinced he's a superhero. A very select group of people in life are truly gifted. Special is a movie about everyone else.
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The Truth About Emanuel (2013)
★ 6/10Also dramaA troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
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Franklyn (2008)
★ 6/10Also fantasy and dramaSet between the parallel worlds of contemporary London and the futuristic faith dominated metropolis of Meanwhile City, Franklyn weaves a tale of four souls, whose lives are intertwined by fate, romance and tragedy. As…
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Horns (2013)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasyIn the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.
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Man with No Past (2025)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaWaking up in an unfamiliar city, a man with no memory must confront the mysteries of his own identity. However, his desperate search to uncover the past pits him against a powerful enemy, leading to a showdown that…
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Black Gold (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaOn the Arabian Peninsula in the 1930s, two warring leaders come face to face. The victorious Nesib, Emir of Hobeika, lays down his peace terms to rival Amar, Sultan of Salmaah. The two men agree that neither can lay…
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Beast (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaMMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…
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Mexicali (2026)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaA former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
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The Mandela Effect (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA man becomes obsessed with facts and events that have been collectively misremembered by thousands of people. Believing the phenomena to be the symptom of something larger, his obsession eventually leads him to…
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Omni Loop (2024)
★ 6/10Also dramaDiagnosed with a black hole growing inside her chest and stuck in a loop reliving the last five days of her life, a 55-year-old wife and mother from Miami, Florida decides to solve time travel in order to go back and…
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Nowhere to Run (1993)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaEscaped convict Sam Gillen single-handedly takes on ruthless developers who are determined to evict a widow with two young children.
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These Final Hours (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaWith the end of the world only hours away, self-absorbed James heads to the ultimate party-to-end-all-parties. On his way there, he saves the life of a young girl named Rose who is searching desperately for her missing…
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End of Sentence (2019)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaNewly widowed Frank Fogle embarks on a journey to Ireland to scatter his late wife’s ashes. His estranged son, Sean, recently released from prison, agrees to join only when his father promises that they’ll never see…
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Waking Life (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and fantasyWaking Life is about a young man in a persistent lucid dream-like state. The film follows its protagonist as he initially observes and later participates in philosophical discussions that weave together issues like…
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Seeking Justice (2011)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaAfter his wife is assaulted, a husband enlists the services of a vigilante group to help him settle the score.