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10 Best Movies Like Folk Hero & Funny Guy

If you loved Folk Hero & Funny Guy, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Big Eyes

Big Eyes

2014★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Folk Hero & Funny Guy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the late 1950s and early '60s, artist Walter Keane achieves unbelievable fame and success with portraits of saucer-eyed waifs. However, no one realizes that his wife, Margaret, ...

#2
I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro

2017★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Folk Hero & Funny Guy for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Working from the text of James Baldwin’s unfinished final novel, director Raoul Peck creates a meditation on what it means to be Black in the United States....

#3
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Folk Hero & Funny Guy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Folk Hero & Funny Guy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Inside Out

Inside Out

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Folk Hero & Funny Guy for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When 11-year-old Riley moves to a new city, her Emotions team up to help her through the transition. Joy, Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness work together, but when Joy and Sadness g...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Folk Hero & Funny Guy for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...