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10 Best Movies Like Misunderstood

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

#1
Happily Mixed Up

Happily Mixed Up

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Misunderstood for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A psychoanalyst learns to have an illness and as a consequence he decides to quit his job. All his patients get together to find a way to make him feel better....

#2
Soap and Water

Soap and Water

1983★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Misunderstood for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A school janitor pretends to be a priest in order to give private lessons to a young top model....

#3
The Wolfpack

The Wolfpack

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Misunderstood for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed ‘The Wo...

#4
The Stendhal Syndrome

The Stendhal Syndrome

1996★ 5.4

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

A young policewoman slowly goes insane while tracking down an elusive serial rapist/killer through Italy when she herself becomes a victim of the brutal man's obsession....

#5
James Dean

James Dean

2001★ 6.7

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

The man behind the legend and a knowing look at 1950s Hollywood are revealed in this dynamic biopic of the meteoric star whose troubled life echoed his gut-grabbing performances in...

#6
Laggies

Laggies

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Misunderstood for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think abou...