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10 Best Movies Like 21 Years: Richard Linklater

If you loved 21 Years: Richard Linklater, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Band Aid

Band Aid

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band....

#2
Nico, 1988

Nico, 1988

2017★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Approaching age 50, singer/songwriter Nico leads a solitary existence, far from her days as a Warhol superstar and celebrated vocalist for the Velvet Underground in the 1960s. Her ...

#3
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#4
Mulan

Mulan

2020★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the Imperial Chinese Army to defend the country from Huns, Hua Mulan, the eldest daughter of an hono...

#5
Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

2016★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil....

#6
Jojo Rabbit

Jojo Rabbit

2019★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 21 Years: Richard Linklater for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary...