If You Liked Slumdog Millionaire, Watch These Next
Finished Slumdog Millionaire (2008) and want more of the same? These 19 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Slumdog Millionaire, most of them are drama, romance.
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19 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Hotel Mumbai(2019)
7.5ThrillerHistoryDramaAlso drama
Mumbai, India, November 26, 2008. While several terrorists spread hatred and death through the city, others attack the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel. Both hotel staff and guests risk their lives, making unthinkable sacrifices to protect themselves and keep everyone safe while help arrives.
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2.Night Always Comes(2025)
6.1DramaCrimeThrillerAlso drama
Facing eviction in a city her family can no longer afford, a woman plunges into a desperate and increasingly dangerous all-night search to raise $25,000.
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3.The White Tiger(2021)
7.0DramaCrimeMysteryAlso drama
An ambitious Indian driver uses his wit and cunning to escape from poverty and rise to the top. An epic journey based on the New York Times bestseller.
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4.Time Is Up(2021)
6.5RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Vivien, an accomplished student with a passion for physics, and Roy, a troubled young man, are involved in an accident that forces them to reclaim their lives one minute at the time.
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5.Not Without Hope(2025)
6.7ThrillerDramaAlso drama
A group of friends' fishing boat capsizes off the coast of Mexico and they're left alone stranded at sea and struggling for survival.
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6.On the Line(2022)
6.1ThrillerDramaAlso drama
A provocative and edgy radio host must play a dangerous game of cat and mouse with a mysterious caller who's kidnapped his family and is threatening to blow up the whole station.
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7.The Road(2009)
7.0AdventureDramaAlso drama
A father and his son walk alone through burned America. Nothing moves in the ravaged landscape save the ash on the wind and water. It is cold enough to crack stones and, when the snow falls, it is gray. Their destination is the warmer south, although they don't know what, if anything, awaits them there.
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8.Pacific Heights(1990)
6.3ThrillerDramaMysteryAlso drama
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.
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10.The Experiment(2010)
6.4ThrillerDramaAlso drama
20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control.
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12.Heat and Dust(1983)
6.0DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
Anne is investigating the life of her grand-aunt Olivia, whose destiny has always been shrouded with scandal. As Anne delves into the history of her grand-aunt, she is led to reconsider her own life.
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13.Love Me Love Me(2026)
6.1RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
After her brother's death, June moves to Milan for a fresh start, finding comfort in Will, the perfect honor student at her new international school. But when his troubled best friend James—hiding a dangerous life in clandestine MMA fights—sparks a rivalry that quickly turns into irresistible attraction, June must…
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14.The Kill Team(2019)
6.5WarActionDramaAlso drama
When Andrew Briggman — a young soldier in the US Army during the invasion of Afghanistan — witnesses the murderous behavior of fellow soldiers, under the direction of a malevolent Sergeant, he faces a moral dilemma. His increasingly-violent platoon becomes suspicious that someone in their ranks has turned on them,…
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15.The King of Marvin Gardens(1972)
5.9DramaAlso drama
Jason Staebler lives on the Boardwalk and fronts for the local mob in Atlantic City. He is a dreamer who asks his brother David, a radio personality from Philadelphia, to help him build a paradise on a Pacific Island, which might be just another of his pie-in-the-sky schemes. Inevitably, complications begin to pile up.
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16.My Policeman(2022)
7.5DramaRomanceAlso drama and romance
In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate relationship between Tom and Patrick at a time when homosexuality was illegal.
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17.Nightcrawler(2014)
7.7CrimeDramaThrillerAlso drama
When Lou Bloom, desperate for work, muscles into the world of L.A. crime journalism, he blurs the line between observer and participant to become the star of his own story. Aiding him in his effort is Nina, a TV-news veteran.
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18.Gabriel's Inferno: Part II(2020)
8.3RomanceDramaAlso romance and drama
Professor Gabriel Emerson finally learns the truth about Julia Mitchell's identity, but his realization comes a moment too late. Julia is done waiting for the well-respected Dante specialist to remember her and wants nothing more to do with him. Can Gabriel win back her heart before she finds love in another's arms?
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19.Nightmare Alley(2021)
6.9CrimeDramaThrillerAlso drama
An ambitious carnival man with a talent for manipulating people with a few well-chosen words hooks up with a female psychologist who is even more dangerous than he is.
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