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10 Best Movies Like Diaries, Notes, and Sketches

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

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#1
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

1976★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Diaries, Notes, and Sketches for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A lonely widowed housewife does her daily chores and takes care of her apartment where she lives with her teenage son, and turns the occasional trick to make ends meet. Slowly, her...

#2
Viridiana

Viridiana

1962★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Diaries, Notes, and Sketches for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Viridiana is preparing to start her life as a nun when she is sent, somewhat unwillingly, to visit her aging uncle, Don Jaime. He supports her; but the two have met only once. Jaim...

#3
The Mule

The Mule

2018★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Diaries, Notes, and Sketches for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Earl Stone, a man in his eighties, is broke, alone, and facing foreclosure of his business when he is offered a job that simply requires him to drive. Easy enough, but, unbeknownst...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Diaries, Notes, and Sketches for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Diaries, Notes, and Sketches for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#6
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Diaries, Notes, and Sketches for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...