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10 Best Movies Like Bananas!*

If you loved Bananas!*, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Nine Queens

Nine Queens

2000★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bananas!* for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two con artists try to swindle a stamp collector by selling him a sheet of counterfeit rare stamps, the "nine queens"....

#2
Hippo

Hippo

2024★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bananas!* for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hippo, a peculiar adolescent, and his Hungarian step-sister Buttercup struggle to come of age in late 1990s America, under the roof of a mother who has been institutionalized at le...

#3
Wars Don't End

Wars Don't End

2018★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bananas!* for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

During World War II, 12 000 children were born to Norwegian mothers and German soldiers. In WARS DON’T END five of these children tell their stories about lives of discrimination a...

#4
The Hurt Locker

The Hurt Locker

2008★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bananas!* for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the Iraq War, a Sergeant recently assigned to an army bomb squad is put at odds with his squad mates due to his maverick way of handling his work....

#5
Citizen Kane

Citizen Kane

1941★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bananas!* for fans of Mystery. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive m...

#6
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

1984★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Bananas!* for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After arriving in India, Indiana Jones is asked by a desperate village to find a mystical stone. He agrees – and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacom...