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10 Best Movies Like Hothead

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

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#1
The Secret of the Grain

The Secret of the Grain

2007★ 7.0

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

In southern France, a Franco-Arabic shipyard worker along with his partner's daughter pursues his dream of opening a restaurant....

#2
The Best Way to Walk

The Best Way to Walk

1976★ 6.5

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

In 1960, Marc and Philippe are counselors at a summer camp in the French countryside. One night, Marc finds Philippe dressed and made up as a woman, and from now on, he will keep o...

#3
Faces

Faces

1968★ 7.1

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

Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her fr...

#4
Umbrella Coup

Umbrella Coup

1980★ 6.9

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

Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for a role of a killer, but gets to mafiosi by mistake. He takes their don for a produc...

#5
Serie Noire

Serie Noire

1979★ 7.5

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

In the shadowy outskirts of Paris, a desperate door-to-door salesman crosses paths with a mysterious young woman trapped in a grim world. As his obsession deepens, his grip on real...

#6
Cop or Hood

Cop or Hood

1979★ 6.3

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

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's ...