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10 Best Movies Like Johnny

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

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#1
Father Stu

Father Stu

2022★ 7.1

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

The true-life story of boxer-turned-priest. When an injury ends his amateur boxing career, Stuart Long moves to Los Angeles to find money and fame. While scraping by as a supermark...

#2
Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi

2019★ 7.6

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

A pious 20-year-old juvenile delinquent is sent to work at a sawmill in a small town; on arrival, he dresses up as a priest and accidentally takes over the local parish. The arriva...

#3
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#4
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#5
Adopt a Highway

Adopt a Highway

2019★ 6.7

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

Russ Millings has just been released from prison after serving 21 years for a 3rd strike conviction for possessing an ounce of marijuana. As he tries to adapt to a world he doesn’t...

#6
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

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