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10 Best Movies Like The Penknife

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

#1
There's Something About Mary

There's Something About Mary

1998★ 6.6

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

For Ted, prom night went about as bad as it’s possible for any night to go. Thirteen years later, he finally gets another chance with his old prom date, only to run up against othe...

#2
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#3
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Penknife 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...

#4
12 Angry Men

12 Angry Men

1957★ 8.6

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

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begi...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
PK

PK

2014★ 7.7

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

A stranger in the city asks questions no one has asked before. Known only by his initials, the man's innocent questions and childlike curiosity take him on a journey of love, laugh...