Movies Like Charlie Says (2019)

Charlie Says is a 2019 crime, drama film from Mary Harron with a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Helter Skelter and Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood.

Crime Drama

Helter Skelter

1976

The investigation of two horrific mass murders leads to the capture and trial of the psychotic pseudo-hippie Charles Manson and his "family".

6.8

MagicScore

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

7.4

MagicScore

Manson

1973

Prosecuting attorney Vincent Bugliosi and Manson "family" members Lynette Fromme, Mary Brunner and Sandra Good discuss the Tate-LaBianca murders.

6.9

MagicScore

Chaos: The Manson Murders

2025

In August 1969, Charles Manson's followers killed seven people on his orders. Why? Explore a conspiracy of mind control, CIA experiments, and murder.

6.2

MagicScore

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception.

6.8

MagicScore

Leslie, My Name Is Evil

2009

A young jury member becomes infatuated with Leslie, a troubled teenager and former homecoming princess, who became a follower of Charles Manson's cult and is now on trial for murder.

4.3

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The Manson Family

1997

A dramatization of the horrific and notorious Manson Family Murders, in the form of super 8 home movies.

5.3

MagicScore

Unbroken

2014

A chronicle of the life of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic runner who was taken prisoner by Japanese forces during World War II.

7.4

MagicScore

Queen of Katwe

2016

A young girl overcomes her disadvantaged upbringing in the slums of Uganda to become a Chess master.

7.2

MagicScore

#10

She Said

2022

New York Times reporters Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor break one of the most important stories in a generation — a story that helped launch the #MeToo movement and shattered decades of silence around the subject of sexual assault in Hollywood.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

A United Kingdom

2016

The inspiring true story of Seretse Khama, the King of Bechuanaland (modern Botswana), and Ruth Williams, the London office worker he married in 1948 in the face of fierce opposition from their families and the British and South African governments. Seretse and Ruth defied family, Apartheid and empire - their love triumphed over every obstacle flung in their path and in so doing they transformed their nation and inspired the world.

6.7

MagicScore

#12

Mary Queen of Scots

2018

In 1561, Mary Stuart, widow of the King of France, returns to Scotland, reclaims her rightful throne and menaces the future of Queen Elizabeth I as ruler of England, because she has a legitimate claim to the English throne. Betrayals, rebellions, conspiracies and their own life choices imperil both Queens. They experience the bitter cost of power, until their tragic fate is finally fulfilled.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

Abzurdah

2015

A disenfranchised 16-year-old girl connects to an older man on the internet and after a brief one-sided affair descends into obsession and anorexia.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

GoodFellas

1990

The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.

8.5

MagicScore

#15

The Wolf of Wall Street

2013

A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.

8.0

MagicScore

#16

Freedom Writers

2007

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

7.9

MagicScore

#17

BlacKkKlansman

2018

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

Gangubai Kathiawadi

2022

Duped and sold to a brothel, a young woman fearlessly reclaims her power, using underworld connections to preside over the world she was once a pawn in.

7.4

MagicScore

#19

Papillon

2017

Henri “Papillon” Charrière, a safecracker from the Parisian underworld, is wrongfully convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, where he forges a strong friendship with Louis Dega, a counterfeiter who needs his protection.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

7.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Charlie Says?

The top films similar to Charlie Says by MovieMagicScore are Helter Skelter (6.8), Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood (7.4), Manson (6.9). Each shares crime/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Charlie Says worth watching?

Charlie Says holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.9/10 from 234 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Charlie Says?

Charlie Says (2019) is a crime, drama film directed by Mary Harron, starring Hannah Murray, Sosie Bacon, Marianne Rendón.

Where can I find more recommendations like Charlie Says?

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About movies like Charlie Says

This ranked list pairs Charlie Says (2019), a crime and drama film from Mary Harron, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Hannah Murray take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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