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10 Best Movies Like How They Get There

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

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#1
Saint Maud

Saint Maud

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How They Get There for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Having recently found God, self-effacing young nurse Maud arrives at a plush home to care for Amanda, a hedonistic dancer left frail from a chronic illness. When a chance encounter...

#2
George of the Jungle

George of the Jungle

1997★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How They Get There for fans of Romance & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Deep in the African jungle, a baby named George, the sole survivor of a plane crash, is raised by gorillas. George grows up to be a buff and lovable klutz who has a rainforest full...

#3
But I'd Really Have to Kill You

But I'd Really Have to Kill You

2016★ 6.0

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

A satirical riff on the old saying, 'I could tell you, but then I'd have to kill you...' The story of a guy in a dead end desk job who has reached his emotional boiling point....

#4
Blended

Blended

2014★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How They Get There for fans of Romance & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Recently divorced mom Lauren and widowed dad Jim let their friends push them into a blind date, which goes disastrously wrong. Unsurprisingly, neither wants to see the other ever a...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How They Get There 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....

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How They Get There 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....