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10 Best Movies Like Best Intentions

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

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#1
Neverwas

Neverwas

2005★ 6.4

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

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time o...

#2
Sleep, My Love

Sleep, My Love

1948★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Best Intentions for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue....

#3
Then Came You

Then Came You

2018★ 7.5

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

An American hypochondriac who is working as a baggage handler is forced to confront his fears when a British teenager with a terminal illness enlists him to help her carry out her ...

#4
The Zero Theorem

The Zero Theorem

2013★ 6.1

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

A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love ...

#5
The Congress

The Congress

2013★ 6.4

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

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider....

#6
Fierce Creatures

Fierce Creatures

1997★ 6.2

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

Ex-policeman Rollo Lee is sent to run Marwood Zoo, the newly acquired business of a New Zealand tycoon. In order to meet high profit targets and keep the zoo open, Rollo enforces a...

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