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10 Best Movies Like What's Going On

If you loved What's Going On, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Our Kind of Traitor

Our Kind of Traitor

2016★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Going On for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. Wh...

#2
A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown

2024★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Going On for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his ...

#3
Chloe

Chloe

2010★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Going On for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Catherine and David Stewart are a well-to-do couple living in a posh area of Toronto, but all is not well in paradise. Catherine suspects that David is cheating on her, so she hire...

#4
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Going On for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

#5
My Fair Lady

My Fair Lady

1964★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Going On for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A snobbish phonetics professor agrees to a wager that he can take a flower girl and make her presentable in high society....

#6
The Servant

The Servant

1963★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Going On for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Indolent aristocrat Tony employs competent Barrett as his manservant and all seems to be going well until Barrett persuades Tony to hire his sister as a live-in maid....

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