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Movies like The Fall (2025)

The best movies like The Fall (2025) are How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), The Wind and the Lion (1975) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). If The Fall hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998)

    Through good times and bad, Stella and Delilah have always had each other. Now, Stella's so busy building a life that she's forgotten how to really live. But Delilah is about to change all that. What starts as a quick trip to Jamaica, ends as an exhilarating voyage of self discovery as Stella learns to open her heart and find love – even if it's with a man 20 years her junior.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  2. The Wind and the Lion (1975)

    At the beginning of the 20th century an American woman is abducted in Morocco by Berbers, and the attempts to free her range from diplomatic pressure to military intervention.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Mutiny on the Bounty (1962)

    The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Remi, Nobody's Boy (2018)

    At the age of 10 years, young Rémi is snatched from his adoptive mother and entrusted to the signor Vitalis, a mysterious itinerant musician. Has its hard sides - he will learn the harsh life of acrobat and sing to win his bread. Accompanied by the faithful dog capi and of the small monkey Joli-Coeur, his long trip through France, made for meetings, friendships and mutual assistance, leads him to the secret of its origins.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. The High and the Mighty (1954)

    Dan Roman is a veteran pilot haunted by a tragic past. Now relegated to second-in-command cockpit assignments he finds himself on a routine Honolulu-to-San Francisco flight that takes a terrifying turn when disaster strikes high above the Pacific Ocean after the point of no return.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  6. Papillon (1973)

    A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. A Monkey's Tale (1999)

    Kom is from a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy. He rejects elders' authority as well as the superstition that the lower world would be inhabited by demons. But he accidentally falls from the trees…

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Return to the Blue Lagoon (1991)

    In this sequel to the 1980 classic, two children are stranded on a beautiful island in the South Pacific. With no adults to guide them, the two make a simple life together and eventually become tanned teenagers in love.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Robinson Crusoe (1997)

    Robinson Crusoe flees Britain on a ship after killing his friend over the love of Mary. A fierce ocean storm wrecks his ship and leaves him stranded by himself on an uncharted island. Left to fend for himself, Crusoe seeks out a tentative survival on the island, until he meets Friday, a tribesman whom he saves from being sacrificed. Initially, Crusoe is thrilled to finally have a friend, but he has to defend himself against the tribe who uses the island to sacrifice tribesman to their gods. During time their relationship changes from master-slave to a mutual respected friendship despite their difference in culture and religion.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Legends of the Hidden Temple (2016)

    Three siblings who break away from a lackluster temple tour in a jungle finds themselves immersed in a real-life mission comprised of obstacles that they must complete in order to escape alive.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Captain Blood (1935)

    Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Princess Protection Program (2009)

    When her nation is invaded, a young princess is taken into the Princess Protection Program. She is relocated to Louisiana, where she stays with a covert agent and his tomboyish daughter, and must learn how to behave like an ordinary teenager.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Breezy (1973)

    A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and over time a bond forms between them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. The Scalphunters (1968)

    Forced to trade his valuable furs for a well-educated escaped slave, a rugged trapper vows to recover the pelts from the Indians and later the renegades that killed them.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Curious George (2006)

    When The Man in the Yellow Hat befriends Curious George in the jungle, they set off on a non-stop, fun-filled journey through the wonders of the big city toward the warmth of true friendship.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

    Fletcher Christian successfully leads a revolt against the ruthless Captain Bligh on the HMS Bounty. However, Bligh returns one year later, hell bent on revenge.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. A High Wind in Jamaica (1965)

    In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but their ship is taken over by pirates, who become fond of the kids.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Lord of the Flies (1990)

    When their plane crashes, 25 schoolboys find themselves trapped on a tropical island, miles from civilization.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle! (1975)

    Shame, the ape man of the jungle, is aghast when his woman, June, is kidnapped by a gang of giant penises. They take her to their queen, Bazunga, a bald woman with fourteen breasts. After tangling with a gang of great white hunters, a marauding lion and the Molar Men, Shame sets off to rescue her with only his faithful friend Flicka at his side. He heads for that darkest of areas

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  20. The New Adventures of Pippi Longstocking (1988)

    After her father's ship is carried off by a sudden storm, the spunky Pippi Longstocking is stranded with her horse, Alfonso,and her pet monkey, Mr. Neilson, and takes up residence in the old family home, which is thought by neighborhood children to be haunted. Soon, two children, Tommy and his sister Anika, venture into the house only to meet up with Pippi. The three soon become friends and get into various adventures together, including cleaning the floor with scrubbing shoes, dodging the "splunks", going down a waterfall in barrels, and helping Pippi with the problem of having to go to an orphanage. Older children will probably get the most out of this movie.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Fall?

The closest matches to The Fall are How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), The Wind and the Lion (1975) and Mutiny on the Bounty (1962). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Fall?

Start with How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998), the closest match to The Fall.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Fall?

Remi, Nobody's Boy (2018), rated 7.9/10 by 482 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Fall?

Remi, Nobody's Boy (2018) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there French movies like The Fall?

Yes: Remi, Nobody's Boy (2018), A Monkey's Tale (1999) and Tarzoon: Shame of the Jungle! (1975).

How are movies similar to The Fall chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Fall, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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