Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Not Knowing

If you loved Not Knowing, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Prick Up Your Ears

Prick Up Your Ears

1987★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Knowing for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When the young, attractive Joe Orton meets the older, more introverted Kenneth Halliwell at drama school, he befriends the kindred spirit and they start an affair. As Orton becomes...

#2
Bully

Bully

2001★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Knowing for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years....

#3
Lockdown

Lockdown

2000★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Knowing for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casse...

#4
Pariah

Pariah

2011★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Knowing for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression....

#5
The Chronology of Water

The Chronology of Water

2025★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Knowing for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Plagued by an abusive childhood, a woman finds escape in competitive swimming, sexual experimentation, toxic relationships, and addiction before ultimately finding her voice throug...

#6
Querelle

Querelle

1982★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Not Knowing for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A handsome Belgian sailor on shore leave in the port of Brest, who is also a drug smuggler and murderer, embarks upon a voyage of highly charged and violent homosexual self-discove...

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