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Movies like Joker (2019) Finished Joker and want that feeling again? These are ranked by what it is actually about — its themes, its pacing, the kind of person at the centre of it — rather than the genre it was filed under. Every match says what it shares with Joker, and what it does not.
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Social unrest The breakdown of society Mental illness Social thriller Class Psychological thriller Social isolation Unreliable narrator Your best matches Ranked against what Joker is actually about, not its genre labels.
71% Reverina match Top pick 2022 · Series · Drama · Crime
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Why it matches Also about mental illness and social isolation Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
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Watched for the same thing: social unrest and social unrest Also social thriller at heart Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 132 candidates
Also crime drama at heart
Told the same way, nonlinear What's different Not about class Not really social thriller Leans further into horror Commitment 1 season · ~8h
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Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The closest in pace and structure when ranked against Joker.
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1999 · Film · Drama · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: social unrest and social unrest Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure Shares its unsettling and angry register What's different Not really crime drama or social thriller Not built around moral ambiguity or the breakdown of society Moves faster Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against Joker.
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1997 · Film · Drama · Thriller
Good match
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Also about class and social isolation Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Centres on the same antihero figure What's different Not really crime drama or social thriller Not built around moral ambiguity or the breakdown of society Emotionally lighter Where it streams YouTube Free Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against Joker.
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Also social thriller at heart Built around the same moral ambiguity Taxi Driver 1976 · 1h 54m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Also about social isolation Irreversible 2002 · 1h 33m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Told the same way, unreliable narrator and nonlinear Apocalypse Now 1979 · 2h 27m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Built around the same moral ambiguity Revenge 2011
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Also social thriller at heart There Will Be Blood 2007
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Centres on the same antihero figure Eyes Wide Shut 1999 · 2h 39m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Told the same way, nonlinear Prisoners 2013 · 2h 33m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Built around the same moral ambiguity Rear Window 1954 · 1h 53m
Watched for the same thing: psychological thriller and psychological thriller Built around the same moral ambiguity
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