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10 Best Movies Like But Why?

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

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#1
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#2
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025★ 6.7

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

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season....

#3
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#4
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#5
The Last of England

The Last of England

1987★ 5.9

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

The artist's personal commentary on the decline of his country in a language closer to poetry than prose. A dark meditation on London under Thatcher....

#6
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

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