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10 Best Movies Like Mr. Whitney Had a Notion

If you loved Mr. Whitney Had a Notion, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Radium Girls

Radium Girls

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr. Whitney Had a Notion for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

#2
The Current War

The Current War

2018★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr. Whitney Had a Notion for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Electricity titans Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse compete to create a sustainable system and market it to the American people....

#3
Outlaws - For Greater Glory

Outlaws - For Greater Glory

2012★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr. Whitney Had a Notion for fans of History. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A chronicle of the Cristeros War (1926-1929), which was touched off by a rebellion against the Mexican government's attempt to secularize the country....

#4
The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr. Whitney Had a Notion for fans of War. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only German prisoner of war captured in Britain to escape back to Germany during the Second World War....

#5
For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr. Whitney Had a Notion for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going on and Jordan—who has joined up on the side that appeals most to idealists ...

#6
Written on the Wind

Written on the Wind

1956★ 6.9

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

Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the patriarch, Jasper, works hard to establish the family business, his irresponsible son, Kyle,...

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