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10 Best Movies Like Idiot

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

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#1
Winged Creatures

Winged Creatures

2009★ 5.9

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

A psychotic man opens fire in a diner, murdering numerous people before killing himself. The survivors struggle in different ways following this horrendous event: a doctor doubts h...

#2
Mansfield Park

Mansfield Park

2007★ 6.1

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

Fanny Price is sent to live with her wealthy relatives, the Bertrams, where she is treated poorly by most except her cousin Edmund. Her life is complicated by the arrival of the wo...

#3
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds

1972★ 7.3

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

Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea ro...

#4
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#5
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#6
The Call of the Wild

The Call of the Wild

1972★ 6.1

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

John Thornton, is a fearless man who's after more than gold; he wants to do what's right. Thornton works for the U.S. mail and is the only person daring and smart enough to figure ...

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