Movies like Amanita Pestilens (1973)
The best movies like Amanita Pestilens (1973) are Mood Indigo (2013), The Shepherd (2023) and 40 Acres (2025). If Amanita Pestilens hooked you with its drama and fantasy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBeast (2026)7.5/10 from 227 votes
- NewestGlückspilze isst man nicht (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchMood Indigo (2013)Also in French
Mood Indigo (2013)
A woman suffers from an unusual illness caused by a flower growing in her lungs.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Shepherd (2023)
On Christmas Eve, a fighter pilot on his way home becomes lost while flying over water and needs a miracle to land safely.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy
Worth the HypeMovies like this40 Acres (2025)
Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they make one last stand against a vicious militia hell-bent on taking their 40 Acres.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Little Match Girl (1928)
An impoverished girl tries to sell matches on New Year's Eve. Shivering with cold and unable to sell her wares, she sits in a sheltered nook. Striking a match to keep warm, the flame shows her what's beyond.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNine Days (2021)
A bureaucrat interviews five souls to decide which of them will be given a life on Earth. But he soon faces an existential challenge of his own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeast (2026)
MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal champion Xavier Grau.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSkater Girl (2021)
Prerna, a teenager growing up in rural India, comes of age when she’s introduced to the sport of skateboarding. As a result, she has to fight the odds to follow her dreams and compete in the national championship.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShadow Master (2022)
After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Caveman's Valentine (2001)
Romulus, a misunderstood musician turned recluse hiding from personal demons in a New York City cave, finds the frozen body of a young drifter in a tree. The authorities, including his police officer daughter, claim the death is accidental. Romulus is convinced the man was murdered by a prominent art photographer but how can he prove he's right when everyone thinks he's insane?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Truth About Emanuel (2013)
A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHead Against the Wall (1959)
An aimless young man is committed to a psychiatric hospital by his father in an attempt to cure him of his delinquent tendencies.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shoot-Out (2003)
After a failed bank robbery, two heavily armed men hold the Los Angeles Police Department at bay for 44 minutes.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMexicali (2026)
A former special forces contractor is forced out of retirement as an avocado farmer in Mexico when local gangsters try to force him and his family off their farm.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJonathan (2018)
Jonathan is a young man with a strange condition that only his brother understands. But when he begins to yearn for a different life, their unique bond becomes increasingly tested.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHunting Season (2025)
When a reclusive survivalist and his daughter rescue a mysterious, wounded woman from a river, they become entangled in a deadly web of violence and revenge, forcing them to confront a brutal criminal to survive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShock Corridor (1963)
With the help of his girlfriend Cathy and Dr. Fong, a psychiatrist, ambitious journalist Johnny Barrett poses as a madman in order to be admitted to a mental institution where a bloody murder has been committed.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Good Neighbor (2022)
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEmbattled (2020)
The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWalkaway Joe (2020)
A young boy named Dallas goes on a search for his pool-hustling father after he abandons their family. Dallas is determined to bring his father home when he meets Joe Haley, a drifter wrestling with a past he'd rather forget, who feels responsible for Dallas' safety and reluctantly takes him in.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Warrior (2001)
In feudal India, a warrior who renounces his role as the longtime enforcer to a local lord becomes the prey in a murderous hunt through the Himalayan mountains.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMatango (1963)
Five vacationers and two crewmen become stranded on a tropical island near the equator. The island has little edible food for them to use as they try to live in a fungus covered hulk while repairing Kessei's yacht. Eventually they struggle over the food rations which were left behind by the former crew. Soon they discover something unfriendly there...
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & fantasy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHagazussa (2018)
In the 15th century, a young goatherd living alone in a mountain hut feels a dark presence in the woods.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama & fantasy
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Trip Elsewhere (2024)
During the Covid-19 pandemic, four anxious strangers take a record-breaking dose of LSD, catapulting them into a shared psychedelic dream where they must find solace and redemption before they can return to the real world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy & drama
Flames (2021)
Unresolved issues and old resentments ignite a forbidden blaze between two childhood friends that must be doused if one is to have any chance of escaping the past.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Glückspilze isst man nicht (2026)
The eccentric scientist Frieda Hofstätter is on the verge of being cast aside. Then the Valkyrie Wolkentruth appears to take her to Valhalla. But Frieda refuses and strikes a deal: Wolkentruth must help her save Frieda’s CO2-storing miracle mushroom. Only then may she take Frieda with her. Together, they race against time—and perhaps for the future of the world.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Dermatophagia (2025)
Fearing that his relationships are crumbling, a troubled young man takes magic mushrooms at his birthday party. But as the night spirals into hallucination and horror, he must decide whether his friends are betraying him or trying to save him from himself.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
After Her (2018)
After finding a mysterious totem in a cave while on a hike with her friend, a wayward teenage girl goes missing.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Carl & Belle (2024)
Carl, an old mushroom person, was heading home when he saw a newly born mushroom named Belle. Although Carl didn't want anything to do with her, he reluctantly felt obligated to help her find her parents.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy
The Wrong Rock (2018)
A mushroom embarks on an epic adventure to find its purpose in life.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama
Octopus (2022)
Cooky Scientist creates mushrooms that make her travel through time and space
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both fantasy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Amanita Pestilens?
The closest matches to Amanita Pestilens are Mood Indigo (2013), The Shepherd (2023) and 40 Acres (2025). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Amanita Pestilens?
Start with Mood Indigo (2013), the closest match to Amanita Pestilens.
What is the highest-rated movie like Amanita Pestilens?
Beast (2026), rated 7.5/10 by 227 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Amanita Pestilens?
Glückspilze isst man nicht (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Amanita Pestilens?
Yes: Mood Indigo (2013), The Little Match Girl (1928) and Head Against the Wall (1959).
How are movies similar to Amanita Pestilens chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Amanita Pestilens, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.