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10 Best Movies Like Being John Malkovich

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

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#1
Adaptation.

Adaptation.

2002★ 7.3

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

Charlie Kaufman is a confused L.A. screenwriter overwhelmed by feelings of inadequacy, sexual frustration, self-loathing, and by the screenwriting ambitions of his freeloading twin...

#2
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008★ 7.5

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

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play....

#3
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

Confessions of a Dangerous Mind

2002★ 6.7

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

Television made him famous, but his biggest hits happened off screen. Television producer by day, CIA assassin by night, Chuck Barris was recruited by the CIA at the height of his ...

#4
Where the Wild Things Are

Where the Wild Things Are

2009★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being John Malkovich for fans of Drama & Fantasy. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Max imagines running away from his mom and sailing to a far-off land where large talking beasts—Ira, Carol, Douglas, the Bull, Judith and Alexander—crown him as their king, play ru...

#5
Columbus

Columbus

2017★ 7.1

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

When a renowned architecture scholar falls suddenly ill during a speaking tour, his son Jin finds himself stranded in Columbus, Indiana - a small Midwestern city celebrated for its...

#6
Kalifornia

Kalifornia

1993★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Being John Malkovich for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A journalist duo go on a tour of serial killer murder sites with two companions, unaware that one of them is a serial killer himself....