15 Movies Like The Oak
Loved The Oak? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
A Higher Law
Ecaterina, a high school Religion teacher and wife of the town priest, gets involved with Iuliu, a 16-year-old student with a troubled past. Ecaterina tries to keep him under control, but she loses her own sense of control in this process.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Oak.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Two college roommates have 24 hours to make the ultimate choice as they finalize arrangements for a black market abortion.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Oak.
CQ
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
In the Soup
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Almost Friends
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine where they are in their lives.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Defendor
A crooked cop, a mob boss and the young girl they abuse are the denizens of a city's criminal underworld. It's a world that ordinary Arthur Poppington doesn't understand and doesn't belong in, but is committed to fighting when he changes into a vigilante super-hero of his own making, Defendor. With no power other than courage Defendor takes to the streets to protect the city's innocents.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Landline
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Small Apartments
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Somewhere in Queens
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Graduation
After his daughter is assaulted and left with an injury that may jeopardize her opportunity to study in the UK, a Romanian doctor decides to do whatever it takes to secure her future.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Oak.
Family Weekend
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Dracula
In modern-day Transylvania, vampire hunts and labor strikes collide with sci-fi twists, romance, and AI-crafted tales, as multiple storylines blend folklore, classic horror, and contemporary elements into a fresh take on Dracula's legend.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Oak.
Kontinental '25
Orsolya is a bailiff in Cluj, the main city in Transylvania. One day she has to evict a homeless man from a cellar, an action with tragic consequences that triggers a moral crisis which Orsolya must weather as best she can.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Oak.
About Alex
When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately push friendships and relationships to the brink.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.
Intermission
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and poorly executed couple's break-up sets off a chain of events affecting everyone in town.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Oak.