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10 Best Movies Like Emotional Arithmetic

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

#1
Dancing Lady

Dancing Lady

1933★ 6.8

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

Janie lives to dance and will dance anywhere, even stripping in a burlesque house. Tod Newton, the rich playboy, discovers her there and helps her get a job in a real Broadway musi...

#2
The Phantom of Liberty

The Phantom of Liberty

1974★ 7.4

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

This Surrealist film, with a title referencing the Communist Manifesto, strings together short incidents based on the life of director Luis Buñuel. Presented as chance encounters, ...

#3
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#4
Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

Gangs of Wasseypur - Part 2

2012★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Emotional Arithmetic for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After the death of his father and brother Danish, Faizal Khan vows to take revenge by destroying Ramadhir Singh's gang....

#5
Wake in Fright

Wake in Fright

1971★ 7.3

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

A young schoolteacher descends into personal moral degradation after finding himself stranded in a brutal, menacing town in outback Australia....

#6
The Brutalist

The Brutalist

2024★ 7.0

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

When an innovative modern architect flees post-war Europe, he is given the opportunity to rebuild his legacy. Set during the dawn of the modern United States (in Pennsylvania), his...