Movies like The Swan (2023)
The best movies like The Swan (2023) are The Rat Catcher (2023), Poison (2023) and Goldman v Silverman (2020). If The Swan hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)7.4/10 from 245 votes
- NewestThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)Released 2024
The Rat Catcher (2023)
In an English village, a reporter and a mechanic listen to a ratcatcher explain his clever plan to outwit his prey.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPoison (2023)
When a poisonous snake slithers onto an Englishman's stomach in India, his associate and a doctor race to save him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGoldman v Silverman (2020)
Rod Goldman and Al Silverman are street performers who work the tourist scene of Times Square. Goldman gets no respect and Silverman is the first one to make sure of that.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCousin Ben Troop Screening (2012)
Cousin Ben hosts a screening of Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom to the troops.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThunder Road (2016)
Jimmy Arnaud eulogizes his mother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEnvelope (2012)
Evgeniy's hobby is to send fake letters to real countries. He has collected a letter from every country except New Zealand, and he sends a letter there. Things turn worst when he actually receives a letter from someone there.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Shore (2011)
Two boyhood best friends are divided by 25 years of misunderstanding amidst the escalating conflict in Northern Ireland. The two boys’ lives take very different paths until Joe returns for the first time to his homeland with his 24-year-old daughter, Patricia. In his absence, Paddy married Joe’s former fiancée Mary. What happened all those years ago? Can old wounds be healed? The answer is hilarious and moving in equal parts.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
The Crush (2010)
Eight-year-old Ardal has a romantic heart and a passionate crush on his second-class teacher, Ms Purdy. But his dreams of marrying his love are dashed when she becomes engaged to her boyfriend, who Ardal deems entirely unacceptable. Inspired by his favourite western movies, he decides that his only course of action is to challenge his rival to a duel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDinner Is Served (2021)
A Chinese student at an elite U.S. boarding school realizes excellence is not enough when he tries out for a leadership position no international student has ever applied for.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Curfew (2012)
At the lowest point of his life, Richie gets a call from his estranged sister asking him to look after his nine-year old niece, Sophia, for a few hours.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisStutterer (2015)
A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisKnight of Fortune (2024)
The loss of a loved one, the grief, the risk of yellow skin, and a coffin, that is too much for Karl to face. Then it's much easier to fix a broken lamp. Karl meets Torben, a destined brother. An absurd, humorous, and melodic meeting between two old men captured by grief.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
The Court Jester (2024)
Unfolding during a 2004 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, fitness trainer Richard Simmons makes an appearance. Amid the chaos and liveliness of the behind-the-scenes, Richard encounters David, an overlooked and underappreciated segment producer struggling with self-esteem. In a serendipitous twist, Richard sees beyond David's invisibility, offering his unique brand of honest, uplifting kindness.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Steve (2010)
A young couple begin to receive daily visits from their downstairs neighbor, Steve. Steve draws attention to various practical problems and is eager to have tea, but what is really on his mind?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Boiling Point (2019)
During the busy run-up to Christmas, a single-take snapshot of the immense stress and skills of a talented head chef reveals that things are about to burst behind the restaurant's flash façade.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Hotel Chevalier (2007)
In a Paris hotel room, Jack Whitman lies on a bed. His phone rings; it's a woman on her way to see him, a surprise. She arrives and the complications of their relationship emerge in bits and pieces. Will they make love? Is their relationship over? (A prequel to The Darjeeling Limited, 2007.)
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrankenstein's Monster's Monster, Frankenstein (2019)
When actor David Harbour finds lost footage of his father's disastrous televised stage play of a literary classic, he uncovers shocking family secrets.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisShrimp (2018)
Shrimp explores the strange, interwoven and often hilarious daily lives of the women and men who work and play in a Los Angeles BDSM den.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
The Neighbors' Window (2019)
The story of a middle-aged woman with small children whose life is shaken up when two free-spirited twenty-somethings move in across the street.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDo You Like to Read? (2012)
The librarian of the town of New Penzance introduces six animated segments illustrating Suzy's favorite books.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore (2012)
After a hurricane levels his city, a young man wanders into a mysterious library where books literally come to life. This film won the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film in 2012.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Roof (2023)
After being sent to stay with his grandfather, a Cheyenne teen uncovers a connection to his family and community in a way he never thought possible.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Letter Room (2020)
Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFear & Shame (2017)
Actor Robert Pattinson takes us into a brief, desperate, hunger-filled moment battling anxiety and fame in the life of Robert Pattinson.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Le Pupille (2022)
During WWII, in the days leading up to Christmas, a woman arrives at an Italian Catholic boarding school for orphaned girls with a large cake and a plea for them to pray for her boyfriend, who is having an affair.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMeasure of a Man (2018)
A bullied teen experiences a turning point summer in which he learns to stand up for himself.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCastello Cavalcanti (2013)
In 1955 in Italy, race car driver Jed Cavalcanti suffers a mishap during the Molte Miglia rally and finds himself in a small town with a few familial surprises.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024)
Four tales unfold in Wes Anderson's anthology of short films adapted from Roald Dahl's beloved stories, "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar", "The Swan", "The Rat Catcher", and "Poison."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisA Dog Year (2009)
Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends him a border collie that's undisciplined because of abuse. Despite a series of mishaps, Jon decides to keep trying with the dog, and he rents a dilapidated farm house to give the dog room to run. A local handyman refers Jon to a woman who might be able to help him train the dog. Reluctantly, Jon gives her a try. Is the dog the problem, or the owner?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPing Pong Playa (2008)
Streetwise swaggering Christopher "C-Dub" Wang is a suburban guy who waxes political on all things Asian American and clings to pro basketball pipe dreams. But when misfortune strikes his family, C-dub must overcome living at home, working a dead-end job and his worldly older brother, to run his Mom's ping pong classes and defend the family's athletic dynasty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Swan?
The closest matches to The Swan are The Rat Catcher (2023), Poison (2023) and Goldman v Silverman (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Swan?
People who watched The Swan most often go on to The Rat Catcher (2023), Poison (2023) and Goldman v Silverman (2020).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Swan?
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024), rated 7.4/10 by 245 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Swan?
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Three More (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Swan?
Yes: The Rat Catcher (2023), Poison (2023) and Goldman v Silverman (2020).
How are movies similar to The Swan chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Swan, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.