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10 Best Movies Like It Happened in L.A.

If you loved It Happened in L.A., we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Florence Fight Club

Florence Fight Club

2015★ 7.4

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

Intertwined stories from the gladiator/athletes participating to the Calcio Storico Fiorentino yearly championship....

#2
Strange Object

Strange Object

2020★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened in L.A. for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Afri...

#3
Head Over Heels 2

Head Over Heels 2

2012★ 6.3

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

Alice owns a network of sex shops and workaholic who, in trying to reconcile the harsh routine of work and family life, suffers nervous breakdown, she is forced by her husband to g...

#4
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened in L.A. for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#5
Saraband

Saraband

2003★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened in L.A. for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A follow-up to Scenes from a Marriage (1973); some thirty years after divorcing Johan, Marianne decides to visit her ex-husband at his summer home. She arrives in the middle of a f...

#6
Dune

Dune

2020★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened in L.A. for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Sounds as witnesses. They blurr into memories, half-dreams, it is undecided if they are real or not. A fluctuation between imagination and reality....