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10 Best Movies Like Going by the Book

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

#1
Assembly

Assembly

2007★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going by the Book for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Follows a soldier trying to gain recognition for comrades who died in 1948, at a turning point in the civil war between the communists and the nationalist forces of the Kuomintang....

#2
Lovers Vanished

Lovers Vanished

2010★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going by the Book for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An escaped convict and a woman, who both contracted HIV from the same man, fall in love....

#3
The King and the Clown

The King and the Clown

2005★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going by the Book for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two clowns living in Korea's Chosun Dynasty get arrested for staging a play that satirizes the king. They are dragged to the palace and threatened with execution but are given a ch...

#4
Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace

Kamen Rider Blade: Missing Ace

2004★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going by the Book for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Four years after an alternate ending to the series, in which Blade seals the Joker, the characters have moved on with their lives: Kenzaki is a garbage man, Mutsuki has graduated h...

#5
Josh

Josh

2009★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going by the Book for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When a man in search of employment, becomes involved with a group of students, who are being led astray by destructive influences, he invests all his energy and effort into ensurin...

#6
Patema Inverted

Patema Inverted

2013★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Going by the Book for fans of Animation. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl, from a civilization that resides in deep underground tunnels, finds herself trapped in an inverted world and teams up with a resident to escape and return home....