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10 Best Movies Like The Mathematician and the Devil

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

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#1
Afterlife of the Party

Afterlife of the Party

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mathematician and the Devil for fans of Comedy & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth....

#2
Beat the Devil

Beat the Devil

2002★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mathematician and the Devil for fans of Comedy & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The Driver drag-races the Devil, in order to earn James Brown his soul....

#3
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mathematician and the Devil for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#4
The Very Same Munchhausen

The Very Same Munchhausen

1979★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mathematician and the Devil for fans of Comedy & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A philosophical and poetic portrait of the famous (or maybe infamous?) Baron Munchhausen. His crazy, yet very merriment, stories, views and behavior is what sets him apart from oth...

#5
Hooking Up

Hooking Up

2020★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mathematician and the Devil for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addi...

#6
A Thousand Words

A Thousand Words

2012★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Mathematician and the Devil for fans of Comedy & Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja...

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