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10 Best Movies Like How Original

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

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#1
Re-Elected

Re-Elected

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How Original for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Friends battle former U.S. presidents when they come back from the dead as zombies on the Fourth of July....

#2
Secrets & Lies

Secrets & Lies

1996★ 7.6

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

After her adoptive mother dies, Hortense, a successful black optometrist, seeks out her birth mother. She's shocked when her research leads her to Cynthia, a working class white wo...

#3
Infernal Affairs II

Infernal Affairs II

2003★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How Original for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this prequel to the original, a bloody power struggle among the Triads coincides with the 1997 handover of Hong Kong, setting up the events of the first film....

#4
Loro 2

Loro 2

2018★ 7.1

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

"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in po...

#5
Decalogue VII

Decalogue VII

1989★ 7.4

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

As a high school student, Majka bore a child, Ania, whom Majka’s mother, Ewa, has been raising as her own. Now that Majka is ready for motherhood, Ewa refuses to let go, leading Ma...

#6
The Hustler

The Hustler

1961★ 7.7

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

Fast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stak...