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10 Best Movies Like Who Took Johnny

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

#1
Tickled

Tickled

2016★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who Took Johnny for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Journalist David Farrier stumbles upon a mysterious tickling competition online. As he delves deeper he comes up against fierce resistance, but that doesn’t stop him getting to the...

#2
Other People

Other People

2016★ 6.3

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

David, a struggling comedy writer fresh off from breaking up with his boyfriend, moves from New York City to Sacramento to help his sick mother. Living with his conservative father...

#3
Fat Girl

Fat Girl

2001★ 6.2

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

Anaïs is twelve and bears the weight of the world on her shoulders. She watches her older sister, Elena, whom she both loves and hates. Elena is fifteen and devilishly beautiful. N...

#4
Manderlay

Manderlay

2005★ 6.9

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

In 1933, a young woman and her father discover an Alabama plantation whose inhabitants live as if slavery had never been abolished. Feeling a sense of duty to those behind the heav...

#5
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane

2011★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who Took Johnny for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand what went wrong....

#6
Kurt & Courtney

Kurt & Courtney

1998★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Who Took Johnny for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After rocker Kurt Cobain's death, ruled a suicide, a film crew arrives in Seattle to make a documentary. Director Nick Broomfield talks to lots of people. Portraits emerge: a shy, ...