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10 Best Movies Like Nuts in May

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

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#1
Abigail's Party

Abigail's Party

1977‱★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuts in May for fans of Comedy & TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Beverly and Laurence are entertaining their new neighbours, Angela and Tony as well as Sue, whose teenage daughter, Abigail, is having a party. Over drinks and small talk, class di...

#2
Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

2011‱★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuts in May for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

There is a new criminal mastermind at large (Professor Moriarty) and not only is he Holmes’ intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil and lack of conscience may give him an adv...

#3
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972‱★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010‱★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

2012‱★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nuts in May for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A chronicle of the decade-long hunt for al-Qaeda terrorist leader Osama bin Laden after the September 2001 attacks, and his death at the hands of the Navy S.E.A.L. Team 6 in May, 2...

#6
Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

1995‱★ 7.2

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

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy ...