Movies like Mr. Nobody (1936)
The best movies like Mr. Nobody (1936) are Fear the Invisible Man (2023), The Easy Way (2008) and Razzia (1955). If Mr. Nobody hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedInception (2010)8.4/10 from 40,704 votes
- NewestIn the Grey (2026)Released 2026
- In FrenchThe Easy Way (2008)Also in French
Fear the Invisible Man (2023)
A young British widow shelters an old medical school colleague, a man who has somehow turned himself invisible. As his isolation grows and his sanity frays, he schemes to create a reign of wanton murder and terror across the city.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Easy Way (2008)
Albert Spaggiari is arrested in Nice and brought to a judge's office for interrogation, but he escapes to South America where he meets a journalist who is investigating the event.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
SnoozefestMovies like thisRazzia (1955)
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. With the fame of being a tough guy preceding him, he sets himself to the task of knowing why the French operations were not so profitable - and soon he is master of all links of the organization. He can now get it honed to perfection - or destroy it. Only... the Police are following his every step.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Emperor of Paris (2018)
Paris, France, early 19th century. The legendary convict François Vidocq lives in disguise trying to escape from a tragic past that torments him. When, after an unfortunate event, he crosses paths with the police chief, he makes a bold decision that will turn the ruthless mastermind of the Parisian underworld against him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPickpocket (1959)
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFarewell, Friend (1968)
After serving together in the French Foreign Legion, a mercenary and a doctor leave the service and go their separate ways. Later, they are reunited and become involved with a caper involving millions in a high-security safe. The two men become locked in during a holiday weekend as they attempt to crack the safe's combination.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Black Tulip (1964)
Aristocrat Guillaume de Saint Preux leads a double life as a masked bandit known as the Black Tulip. The Black Tulip only robs rich aristocrats, so the local peasants regard him as a hero. Baron La Mouche is convinced Guillaume is the Tulip. During a robbery, he scars the Tulip's face, and hopes to use this to expose Guillaume, but Guillaume is one step ahead.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMauvais Sang (1986)
Two aging crooks are given two weeks to repay a debt to a woman named The American. They recruit their recently deceased partner's son to help them break into a laboratory and steal the vaccine against STBO, a sexually transmitted disease that is sweeping the country. It's spread by having sex without emotional involvement, and most of its victims are teenagers who make love out of curiosity rather than commitment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIn the Grey (2026)
A covert team of elite operatives are living in the shadows. When a ruthless despot steals a billion-dollar fortune, they're sent to take it back—an impossible heist that erupts into a deadly game of strategy, deception and survival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFreedom (2024)
Inspired by the true events of one of France's most notorious non-violent robbers, Bruno Sulak, in the 1980s. He led multiple heists, then captured public attention for his many daring escapes from police custody...always to reunite with his beloved lover and accomplice Annie, becoming both France's Public Enemy #1 and an icon of Freedom.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Tenant (1976)
A quiet and inconspicuous man rents an apartment in Paris where he finds himself drawn into a rabbit hole of dangerous paranoia.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Bourne Identity (2002)
Wounded to the brink of death and suffering from amnesia, Jason Bourne is rescued at sea by a fisherman. With nothing to go on but a Swiss bank account number, he starts to reconstruct his life, but finds that many people he encounters want him dead. However, Bourne realizes that he has the combat and mental skills of a world-class spy—but who does he work for?
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlic Story (1975)
The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Big Risk (1960)
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to start fresh with his family.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisInception (2010)
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another person's idea into a target's subconscious.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe MacKintosh Man (1973)
A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor; only, someone finds him out and exposes him to the gang...
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Crook (1970)
A thief known as Simon the Swiss faces up and downs in his criminal profession.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMesrine: Public Enemy #1 (2008)
After nearly two decades of legendary criminal feats, making him France's most notorious criminal while simultaneously feeding his desire for media attention and public adoration, Mesrine becomes increasingly paranoid and isolated, leading to a dramatic confrontation with the law that ultimately seals his fate as the nation's most infamous public enemy.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
A mystery writer is intrigued by the tale of notorious criminal Dimitrios Makropolous, whose dead body was found washed up on the shore in Istanbul. He decides to follow the career of Dimitrios around Europe, in order to learn more about the man. Along the way he is joined by the mysterious Mr. Peters, who has his own motivation.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSK1 (2015)
The hunt, capture and trial of Guy Georges, one of France's most notorious serial killers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Mr. Nobody?
The closest matches to Mr. Nobody are Fear the Invisible Man (2023), The Easy Way (2008) and Razzia (1955). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Mr. Nobody?
Start with Fear the Invisible Man (2023), the closest match to Mr. Nobody.
What is the highest-rated movie like Mr. Nobody?
Inception (2010), rated 8.4/10 by 40,704 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Mr. Nobody?
In the Grey (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there French movies like Mr. Nobody?
Yes: The Easy Way (2008), Razzia (1955) and The Emperor of Paris (2018).
How are movies similar to Mr. Nobody chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Mr. Nobody, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.