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10 Best Movies Like I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

If you loved I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

#1
Imitation of Life

Imitation of Life

1959★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1940s New York, a white widow who dreams of being on Broadway has a chance encounter with a black single mother, who becomes her maid....

#2
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#3
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#4
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 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...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....