Movies Like The Applicant

If you liked The Applicant (2026), a animation movie directed by Samuel Ortí Martí, 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
Sturgill Simpson Presents Sound & Fury (2019)
★ 6.1/10Also animation
In this anime visual album, a mysterious driver heads deep into a postapocalyptic hellscape toward a ferocious showdown with two monstrous opponents.
2
Chico & Rita (2010)
★ 7.2/10Also animation
Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unites them, but their journey - in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero…
3
The Congress (2013)
★ 6.4/10Also animation
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider.
4
Simpsley (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also animation
When penniless con-artist Marge Bouvier is sent to Italy to convince wealthy sap Seymour Skinner to come home, she's tempted by the trappings of his affluent lifestyle. But there’s a big fat fly in the ointment…
5
Injustice (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
When Lois Lane is killed, an unhinged Superman decides to take control of the Earth. Determined to stop him, Batman creates a team of freedom-fighting heroes. But when superheroes go to war, can the world survive?
6
Night of the Animated Dead (2021)
★ 6.1/10Also animation
An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies.
7
Deathstroke: Knights & Dragons - The Movie (2020)
★ 7/10Also animation
The assassin Deathstroke tries to save his family from the wrath of H.I.V.E. and the murderous Jackal.
8
Waking Life (2001)
★ 7.5/10Also animation
Waking 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…
9
Heavy Traffic (1973)
★ 6.5/10Also animation
A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-aged parents, an oafish slob of an…
10
Anomalisa (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
An inspirational speaker becomes reinvigorated after meeting a lively woman who shakes up his mundane existence.
11
America: The Motion Picture (2021)
★ 5.8/10Also animation
A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.
12
Fixed (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also animation
After learning he's getting neutered, a dog has 24 hours to squeeze in one last balls-to-the-wall adventure with the boys.
13
Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)
★ 8.2/10Also animation
Earth is decimated after intergalactic tyrant Darkseid has devastated the Justice League in a poorly executed war by the DC Super Heroes. Now the remaining bastions of good – the Justice League, Teen Titans, Suicide…
14
Assassin's Creed: Embers (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
Taking place after the events of Assassin's Creed: Revelations in the year 1524 in Tuscany, follow the retired Assassin Ezio Auditore as he teams up with Shao Jun during his final battles.
15
Condorito: The Movie (2017)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
Condorito must find a way to rescue his mother in law from an ancient race of aliens which wants to enslave the universe once again.
16
The Death and Return of Superman (2019)
★ 6.7/10Also animation
The Death of Superman and Reign of the Supermen now presented as an over two-hour unabridged and seamless animated feature. Witness the no-holds-barred battle between the Justice League and an unstoppable alien force…
17
DC Showcase - Batman: Death in the Family (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also animation
Tragedy strikes the Batman's life again when Robin Jason Todd tracks down his birth mother only to run afoul of the Joker. An adaptation of the 1988 comic book storyline of the same name.
18
The Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also animation
A nationwide manhunt for Hank Venture leads to untold dangers and unexpected revelations, while The Monarch is literally out for Dr Venture's blood. An imposing evil from the past reemerges to wreak havoc on the…
19
Final Flight of the Osiris (2003)
★ 6.9/10Also animation
Immediately before the events of The Matrix Reloaded, the crew of the hovercraft Osiris discovers a quarter of a million sentinels drilling through the surface of the earth towards the last human city of Zion. But can…
20
The Spine of Night (2021)
★ 6/10Also animation
When ancient dark magic falls into sinister hands and unleashes ages of suffering onto mankind, a group of heroes from different eras and cultures must band together in order to defeat it at all costs.