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10 Best Movies Like Java

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

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#1
The Crush

The Crush

1993★ 6.6

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

A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences....

#2
New York Stories

New York Stories

1989★ 6.2

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

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Lif...

#3
Pollock

Pollock

2000★ 6.7

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

In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back ...

#4
Everybody’s Everything

Everybody’s Everything

2019★ 8.5

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

The story of artist Lil Peep from his birth in Long Island and meteoric rise as a genre blending pop star & style icon, to his death due to an accidental opioid overdose in Arizona...

#5
Mrs Lowry & Son

Mrs Lowry & Son

2019★ 6.4

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

An intimate portrayal of the relationship between one of greatest artists of the 20th century, L.S. Lowry and his unhappy and controlling mother, Elizabeth, whom he lived with all ...

#6
Dorian Gray

Dorian Gray

2009★ 6.0

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

Seduced into the decadent world of Lord Henry Wotton, handsome young aristocrat Dorian Gray becomes obsessed with maintaining his youthful appearance, and commissions a special por...

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