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10 Best Movies Like Don't Drink the Water

If you loved Don't Drink the Water, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Bullets Over Broadway

Bullets Over Broadway

1994★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Drink the Water for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After young playwright, David Shayne obtains funding for his play from gangster Nick Valenti, Nick's girlfriend Olive miraculously lands the role of a psychiatrist—but not only is ...

#2
Mighty Aphrodite

Mighty Aphrodite

1995★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Drink the Water for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When Lenny and his wife, Amanda, adopt a baby, Lenny realizes that his son is a genius and becomes obsessed with finding the boy's biological mother in hopes that she will be brill...

#3
Wrong Move

Wrong Move

1975★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Drink the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Six days in the life of Wilhelm: a detached man without qualities. He wants to write, so his mother gives him a ticket to Bonn, telling him to live. On the train he meets an older ...

#4
Drink Me

Drink Me

2015★ 4.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Drink the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

James and Andy, a sexy gay couple, seem to have everything they ever dreamed of... but things are about to change. Andy loses his job and they take in a handsome stranger called Se...

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Drink the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#6
American Beauty

American Beauty

1999★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Don't Drink the Water for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend....