Movies like People I Know (2002)
The best movies like People I Know (2002) are Dangerous Game (1993), Julia (2008) and Margin Call (2011). If People I Know hooked you with its drama and thriller, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Insider (1999)7.5/10 from 2,199 votes
- NewestEagles of the Republic (2025)Released 2025
Dangerous Game (1993)
A New York film director, working on his latest movie in Los Angeles, begins to reflect the actions in his movie and real life, especially when he begins an affair with the lead actress.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisJulia (2008)
An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMargin Call (2011)
Set in the high-stakes world of the financial industry, involving the key players at an investment firm during one perilous 24-hour period in the early stages of the 2008 financial crisis. An entry-level analyst unlocks information that could prove to be the downfall of the firm.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisArbitrage (2012)
A troubled hedge fund magnate, desperate to complete the sale of his trading empire, makes an error that forces him to turn to an unlikely person for help.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisZipper (2015)
Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experience with an escort turns into a growing addiction — a new demon threatening to destroy his life, family, and career.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Insider (1999)
A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLive! (2007)
A mockumentary following an ambitious TV network executive trying to produce a controversial reality show where contestants play Russian Roulette.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisParanoia (2013)
An entry-level employee at a powerful corporation finds himself occupying a corner office, but at a dangerous price—he must spy on his boss's old mentor to secure for him a multi-billion dollar advantage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisSyriana (2005)
The Middle Eastern oil industry is the backdrop of this tense drama, which weaves together numerous story lines. Bennett Holiday is an American lawyer in charge of facilitating a dubious merger of oil companies, while Bryan Woodman, a Switzerland-based energy analyst, experiences both personal tragedy and opportunity during a visit with Arabian royalty. Meanwhile, veteran CIA agent Bob Barnes uncovers an assassination plot with unsettling origins.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hoax (2006)
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAn Acceptable Loss (2019)
Former top U.S. security adviser Elizabeth "Libby" Lamm is threatened by associates from her dark past including Rachel Burke a steely, commanding politician with an unwavering knack for achieving her goals. Colluding with Rachel is Adrian, an unyielding, patriotic chief of staff. Martin harbors another type of obsession with Libby in this story of betrayal and regret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFair Game (2010)
A devoted wife and mother leads a secret life as a CIA agent until her husband’s article exposes a scandal, putting her identity and loved ones at risk. As her world crumbles, she must navigate the fallout of her double life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ides of March (2011)
Dirty tricks stand to soil an ambitious young press spokesman's idealism in a cutthroat presidential campaign where 'victory' is relative.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCity Hall (1996)
The accidental shooting of a boy in New York City leads to an investigation by the Deputy Mayor, and unexpectedly far-reaching consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer (2016)
A financial schemer finds himself in the middle of an international scandal after he becomes a political adviser to the new Prime Minister of Israel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Hummingbird Project (2019)
A pair of high-frequency traders go up against their old boss in an effort to make millions in a fiber-optic cable deal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMichael Clayton (2007)
A law firm brings in its "fixer" to remedy the situation after a lawyer has a breakdown while representing a chemical company that he knows is guilty in a multi-billion dollar class action suit.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEquity (2016)
Senior investment banker Naomi Bishop’s world of high-power big money is brutal and fierce, and one she thrives in. When a controversial IPO threatens the fragile balance of power and confidentiality, Naomi finds herself entangled in a web of politics and deception.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisAffairs of State (2018)
A young campaign aide gets in way over his head when he sleeps with the wife of a presidential candidate, sending him into a downward spiral of corruption and blackmail.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
The Ledge (2011)
A thriller in which a battle of philosophies between a fundamentalist Christian and an atheist who shares an apartment with a gay friend escalates into a lethal battle of wills.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTigers (2017)
Ayan, a pharmaceutical salesman in Pakistan, takes on the multinational health care corporation he works for after he realizes they knowingly marketed a baby formula that's responsible for the death of hundreds of babies everyday.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Welcome to New York (2014)
Mr. Devereaux is a powerful man. A man who handles billions of dollars every day. A man who controls the economic fate of nations. A man driven by a frenzied and unbridled sexual hunger. A man who dreamed of saving the world and who cannot save himself. A terrified man. A lost man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Fifth Estate (2013)
A look at the relationship between WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and his early supporter and eventual colleague Daniel Domscheit-Berg, and how the website's growth and influence led to an irreparable rift between the two friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Contender (2000)
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNeverwas (2005)
Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time of his appointment is that this was the very place where his novelist father, T.L. Pierson, spent many years of his life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCrossing Over (2009)
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find – and create -- in 21st century L.A.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe China Syndrome (1979)
While doing a series of reports on alternative energy sources, opportunistic reporter Kimberly Wells witnesses an accident at a nuclear power plant. Wells is determined to publicize the incident, but soon finds herself entangled in a sinister conspiracy to keep the full impact of the incident a secret.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMoney Monster (2016)
Financial TV host Lee Gates and his producer Patty are put in an extreme situation when an irate investor takes over their studio.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEagles of the Republic (2025)
George Fahmy, Egypt's most adored actor, is pressured to star in a film commissioned by the highest authorities. He reluctantly accepts and finds himself thrown into the inner circle of power. Like moth drawn to flame, he begins an affair with the mysterious wife of the general overseeing the project.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFactory Girl (2006)
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like People I Know?
The closest matches to People I Know are Dangerous Game (1993), Julia (2008) and Margin Call (2011). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after People I Know?
People who watched People I Know most often go on to Dangerous Game (1993), Julia (2008) and Margin Call (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like People I Know?
The Insider (1999), rated 7.5/10 by 2,199 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like People I Know?
Eagles of the Republic (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like People I Know?
Yes: Dangerous Game (1993), Julia (2008) and Margin Call (2011).
How are movies similar to People I Know chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside People I Know, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.