Movies like Fireworks (1947)
The best movies like Fireworks (1947) are Witch's Cradle (1944), Lucifer Rising (1974) and The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954). If Fireworks hooked you with its horror and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedMeshes of the Afternoon (1943)7.6/10 from 463 votes
- NewestThe Surrender (2025)Released 2025
- Same seriesLucifer Rising (1974)The Magick Lantern Cycle
Witch's Cradle (1944)
The surrealist film shows repetitive imagery involving a string fashioned in a bizarre, almost spiderweb-like pattern over the hands of several individuals, most notably an unnamed young woman and an elderly gentleman. The film also shows a shadowy darkness and people filmed at odd angles, an exposed human heart, and other occult symbols and ritualistic imagery which evokes an unsettling and dream-like aura. Considered an unfinished film.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLucifer Rising (1974)
Egyptian gods summon the angel Lucifer, in order to usher in a new occult age.
Why it matches: Same series: The Magick Lantern Cycle
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954)
Lord Shiva wakes. A convocation of magicians in the guise of figures from mythology; a masquerade party at which Pan is the prize. The wine of Hecate is poured: Pan's cup is poisoned by Shiva. Kali blesses the assembly as a bacchic rite ensues.
Why it matches: Same series: The Magick Lantern Cycle
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Thief in the Night (1972)
Patty, a young woman caught up in living for the present with little concern for the future, awakens one day to find her husband missing and the radio reporting that millions of people around the globe have mysteriously vanished. As dramatic, earth-shaking events begin to unfold around her, Patty realizes she is living in the end times spoken of in biblical prophecy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
While vacationing on a remote German island with his younger pregnant wife, an artist has an emotional breakdown while confronting his repressed desires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBeyond Love and Evil (1971)
Loosely adapted from de Sade's play "Philosophy in the Bedroom". Set in the present day, a cult of depraved hedonists cavort at a remote, elegant mansion.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
Pink Narcissus (1971)
An outrageous erotic poem focusing on the daydreams of a beautiful boy prostitute who, from the seclusion of his ultra-kitsch apartment, conceives a series of interlinked narcissistic fantasies populated by matadors, dancing boys, slaves, and leather-clad bikers.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisScorpio Rising (1964)
A gang of bikers prepares for a race as sexual, sadistic, and occult images are cut together.
Why it matches: Same series: The Magick Lantern Cycle
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPrelude: Dog Star Man (1961)
A creation myth realized in light, patterns, images superimposed, rapid cutting, and silence. A black screen, then streaks of light, then an explosion of color and squiggles and happenstance. Next, images of small circles emerge then of the Sun. Images of our Earth appear, woods, a part of a body, a nude woman perhaps giving birth. Imagery evokes movement across time. Part of the Dog Star Man series of experimental films.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGanja & Hess (1973)
After being stabbed with an ancient, germ-infested knife, a doctor finds himself with an insatiable desire for blood.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Grandmother (1970)
To escape neglect and abuse from his parents, a young boy plants some strange seeds and they grow into a grandmother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCarnival of Souls (1962)
Mary Henry ends up the sole survivor of a fatal car accident through mysterious circumstances. Trying to put the incident behind her, she moves to Utah and takes a job as a church organist. But her fresh start is interrupted by visions of a fiendish man. As the visions begin to occur more frequently, Mary finds herself drawn to the deserted carnival on the outskirts of town. The strangely alluring carnival may hold the secret to her tragic past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Seashell and the Clergyman (1928)
Obsessed with a general's wife, a clergyman has strange visions of death and lust, struggling against his own eroticism.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEggshells (1971)
An experimental allegory about a group of hippie students in Austin, Texas, who move into a big old house in the woods. However, something else is there and it's influencing them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
Eraserhead (1977)
First-time father Henry Spencer tries to survive his industrial environment, his angry girlfriend, and the unbearable screams of his newly born mutant child.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSpace Is the Place (1974)
Sun Ra and his Solar Myth Arkestra return to Earth after several years in space. Ra proclaims himself "the alter-destiny", meets with inner-city youths and battles with the devil himself to save the black race.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
SnoozefestMovies like thisInvocation of My Demon Brother (1969)
The shadowing forth of Our Lord Lucifer, as the Power of Darkness gather at a midnight mass. The dance of the Magus widdershins around the Swirling Spiral Force, the solar swastika, until the Bringer of Light—Lucifer—breaks through.
Why it matches: Same series: The Magick Lantern Cycle · both horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisMeshes of the Afternoon (1943)
A woman returning home falls asleep and has vivid dreams that may or may not be happening in reality. Through repetitive images and complete mismatching of the objective view of time and space, her dark inner desires play out on-screen.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
Worth the HypeMovies like thisViolent Midnight (1963)
An axe murderer is loose in a small New England town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Balcony (1963)
The Madam of a brothel satisfies the erotic fantasies of her customers, while a revolution is sweeping the nation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Santa Sangre (1989)
A former circus artist escapes from a mental hospital to rejoin his armless, cult leader mother, and is forced to enact brutal murders in her name.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDreams That Money Can Buy (1947)
An attempt to bring the work of surrealist artists to a wider public. The plot is that of an average Joe who can conjure up dreams that will improve his customer's lives. This frame story serves as a link between several avant-garde sequences created by leading visual artists of their day, most of whom were emigres to the US during WWII.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sometimes Aunt Martha Does Dreadful Things (1971)
Two eccentric fugitives become roommates in Miami to avoid the law, while one dresses in drag as the other's aunt, leading to deception and murder.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both horror
The Holy Mountain (1973)
The Alchemist assembles together a group of people from all walks of life to represent the planets in the solar system. The occult adept's intention is to put his recruits through strange mystical rites and divest them of their worldly baggage before embarking on a trip to Lotus Island. There they ascend the Holy Mountain to displace the immortal gods who secretly rule the universe.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisI Saw the TV Glow (2024)
In late-'90s suburbia, lonely teenager Owen meets Maddy, who introduces him to a mysterious late-night TV show — a vision of a supernatural world pulsing beneath their own. As time goes on, questions begin to arise about why the show sometimes seems more real than their own lives, as their view of reality begins to crack.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAntichrist (2009)
A grieving couple retreats to their cabin 'Eden' in the woods, hoping to repair their broken hearts and troubled marriage. But nature takes its course and things go from bad to worse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Surrender (2025)
A fraught mother-daughter relationship is put to a terrifying test when the family patriarch dies, and the grieving mother hires a mysterious stranger to bring her husband back from the dead.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & horror
SnoozefestMovies like thisHeatwave (2022)
A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Brother the Devil (2012)
Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Month in the Country (1987)
A destitute WWI veteran is hired to help carry out restoration work on a medieval mural in a rural Yorkshire church. While living in the quiet village, he forms a close friendship with an archaeologist and begins to come to terms with his trauma.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Fireworks?
The closest matches to Fireworks are Witch's Cradle (1944), Lucifer Rising (1974) and The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Fireworks?
People who watched Fireworks most often go on to Witch's Cradle (1944), A Thief in the Night (1972) and Hour of the Wolf (1968).
What is the highest-rated movie like Fireworks?
Meshes of the Afternoon (1943), rated 7.6/10 by 463 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Fireworks?
The Surrender (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Is Fireworks part of a series?
Yes. It belongs to The Magick Lantern Cycle, which includes Lucifer Rising (1974), The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954), Scorpio Rising (1964) and Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969).
Are there English movies like Fireworks?
Yes: Witch's Cradle (1944), Lucifer Rising (1974) and The Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome (1954).
How are movies similar to Fireworks chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Fireworks, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.