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Movies Like RECYCLEd

If you liked RECYCLEd (2005), a movie directed by Pater Sparrow, 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.

  1. 1Julia

    Julia (1977)

    ★ 6.5/10

    At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

  2. 2An American Rhapsody

    An American Rhapsody (2001)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A Hungarian family forced to flee the Communist country for the United States must leave a young daughter behind. Six years later, the family arranges to bring the absent daughter to the United States where she has…

  3. 3Kodachrome

    Kodachrome (2017)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can develop them before it shuts down for…

  4. 4Underworld: Evolution

    Underworld: Evolution (2006)

    ★ 6.6/10

    As the war between the vampires and the Lycans rages on, Selene, a former member of the Death Dealers (an elite vampire special forces unit that hunts werewolves), and Michael, the werewolf hybrid, work together in an…

  5. 5The Kids Are All Right

    The Kids Are All Right (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Two women, Nic and Jules, brought a son and daughter into the world through artificial insemination. When one of their children reaches age, both kids go behind their mothers' backs to meet with the donor. Life becomes…

  6. 6Closer

    Closer (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10

    The relationships of two couples become complicated and deceitful when the man from one couple meets the woman of the other.

  7. 7Anomalisa

    Anomalisa (2015)

    ★ 7.1/10

    An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.

  8. 8Sorry, Baby

    Sorry, Baby (2025)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Agnes feels stuck. Unlike her best friend, Lydie, who’s moved to New York and is now expecting a baby, Agnes still lives in the New England house they once shared as graduate students, now working as a professor at her…

  9. 9Water for Elephants

    Water for Elephants (2011)

    ★ 6.9/10

    In this captivating Depression-era melodrama, impetuous veterinary student Jacob Jankowski joins a celebrated circus as an animal caretaker but faces a wrenching dilemma when he's transfixed by angelic married…

  10. 10Ghost Town

    Ghost Town (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from him, particularly Frank Herlihy, a…

  11. 11The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10

    When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and…

  12. 12Father Mother Sister Brother

    Father Mother Sister Brother (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Estranged siblings reunite after years apart, forced to confront unresolved tensions and reevaluate their strained relationships with their emotionally distant parents.

  13. 13Luxo Jr.

    Luxo Jr. (1986)

    ★ 7/10

    A baby lamp finds a ball to play with and it's all fun and games until the ball bursts. Just when the elder Luxo thinks his kid will settle down for a bit, Luxo Jr. finds a ball ten times bigger.

  14. 14Black Mirror

    Black Mirror (2011)

    ★ 7.8/10

    A nameless drifter navigates a barren landscape punctuated by satellite dishes, radio towers and droning airplanes. Stopping periodically in anonymous hotel rooms, she makes attempts to connect to an unidentified…

  15. 15Peter Ibbetson

    Peter Ibbetson (1935)

    ★ 7/10

    When his mother dies, young Peter Ibbetson leaves Paris and his best friend, Mary, behind to live with a severe uncle in England. Years later, Peter is an architect with little time for women, until he begins a project…

  16. 16Fifty Shades Freed

    Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he…

  17. 17My Mother's Wedding

    My Mother's Wedding (2025)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Three sisters return to their home for the third wedding of their twice-widowed mother. But the mother and daughters are forced to revisit the past and confront the future, with help from a colorful group of unexpected…

  18. 18Now and Then

    Now and Then (1995)

    ★ 6.9/10

    Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty, four childhood girlfriends — Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta — recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, they…

  19. 19The Turin Horse

    The Turin Horse (2011)

    ★ 7.6/10

    A look at the monotonous daily struggle of a father and daughter in a windswept, desolate landscape. Over six days, their routine of eating boiled potatoes and tending a failing horse crumbles, symbolizing a slow…

  20. 20Northanger Abbey

    Northanger Abbey (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A young woman's penchant for sensational Gothic novels leads to misunderstandings in the matters of the heart.

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