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10 Best Movies Like Harvard Man

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

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#1
The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries

1995★ 7.4

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

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction....

#2
The Gambler

The Gambler

1974★ 6.7

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

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling addiction that threatens to destr...

#3
Rounders

Rounders

1998★ 7.0

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

Poker addict Mike McDermott knows the game inside out, but loses his money one night in a game to Russian-American gangster Teddy KGB. Promising his partner Jo he'll give up, he me...

#4
21

21

2008★ 6.7

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

Ben Campbell is a young, highly intelligent student at M.I.T. who strives to succeed. Wanting a scholarship to transfer to Harvard School of Medicine to become a doctor, Ben learns...

#5
Hard Eight

Hard Eight

1997★ 6.8

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

A stranger mentors a young Reno gambler who weds a hooker and befriends a vulgar casino regular....

#6
Adulthood

Adulthood

2008★ 6.2

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

After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge....

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