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10 Best Movies Like How to Sharpen Pencils

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

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#1
iDiots

iDiots

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Sharpen Pencils for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

It’s not a secret we love robots here at BLR (Big Lazy Robot), so we wanted them to be the heroes in our latest promo clip. Luxury cars with powerful engines to drive through roads...

#2
Beyond Outrage

Beyond Outrage

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Sharpen Pencils for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

As the police launch a full-scale crackdown on organized crime, it ignites a national yakuza struggle between the Sanno of the East and Hanabishi of the West. What started as an in...

#3
Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School

Wizards of Waverly Place: Wizard School

2008★ 9.0

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

When Alex is caught using magic to clean her room she is forced to go to wizard school with Justin. Max and Jerry camp out on the terrace to prove their manhood....

#4
The Wise Guys

The Wise Guys

1965★ 7.9

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

Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered ...

#5
Outrage Coda

Outrage Coda

2017★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Sharpen Pencils for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Five years after the all-out war between the Sanno and Hanabishi crime families, former yakuza boss Otomo works in South Korea for Mr. Chang, a noted fixer. When tensions rise betw...

#6
Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II

1993★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Sharpen Pencils for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The U.N.G.C.C. (United Nations Godzilla Countermeasure Center) recovers the remains of Mecha-King Ghidorah and construct Mechagodzilla as a countermeasure against Godzilla. Meanwhi...