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10 Best Movies Like I Wanted Pants

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

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#1
In Secret

In Secret

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Wanted Pants for fans of Crime & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a ...

#2
The Public Eye

The Public Eye

1992★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Wanted Pants for fans of Crime & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A crime photographer gets involved in a conspiracy....

#3
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Wanted Pants for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#4
Nostalgia

Nostalgia

2022★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Wanted Pants for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Felice returns to his native Rione Sanità in Naples to look after his dying mother, having lived abroad for the last forty years. Here he discovers that his old friend Oreste has b...

#5
Blue Story

Blue Story

2019★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Wanted Pants for fans of Crime & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Blue Story is a tragic tale of a friendship between Timmy and Marco, two young boys from opposing postcodes. Timmy, a shy, smart, naive and timid young boy from Deptford, goes to s...

#6
Convict

Convict

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Wanted Pants for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Set in the dark and old Parramatta prison built by the original convicts our lead character Ray a war veteran finds himself serving 18 months for manslaughter after defending his f...

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