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10 Best Movies Like Main Man

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

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#1
The Lost King

The Lost King

2022★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Main Man for fans of Comedy & Drama & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An amateur historian defies the academic establishment in her efforts to find King Richard III's remains, which were lost for over 500 years....

#2
Radium Girls

Radium Girls

2020★ 6.7

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

Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health....

#3
Saving Mr. Banks

Saving Mr. Banks

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Main Man for fans of Comedy & Drama & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Author P.L. Travers looks back on her childhood while reluctantly meeting with Walt Disney, who seeks to adapt her Mary Poppins books for the big screen....

#4
The Whales of August

The Whales of August

1987★ 7.0

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

Two aged sisters reflect on life and the past during a late summer day in Maine....

#5
It Happened to Jane

It Happened to Jane

1959★ 6.1

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

Jane Osgood runs a lobster business, which supports her two young children. Railroad staff inattention ruins her shipment, so with her lawyer George, Jane sues Harry Foster Malone,...

#6
Toast

Toast

2010★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Main Man for fans of Comedy & Drama & History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young Nigel Slater has big culinary aspirations, even though all his mother knows how to make is toast. When his mother dies, relations grow strained between Nigel and his father, ...

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