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10 Best Movies Like Manic

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

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#1
Celeste & Jesse Forever

Celeste & Jesse Forever

2012★ 6.4

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

Celeste and Jesse met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the p...

#2
Mysterious Skin

Mysterious Skin

2005★ 7.7

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

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth....

#3
Gigantic

Gigantic

2008★ 5.6

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

Young mattress salesman Brian decides to adopt a baby from China but is distracted when he forms a relationship with quirky, wealthy Harriet whom he meets at his mattress store. As...

#4
Purely Belter

Purely Belter

2000★ 6.6

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

Gerry and Sewell are broke. Gerry's still at school and Sewell is unemployed. They both wish for better things in life. Owning two season tickets to their beloved football club is ...

#5
Merrily We Live

Merrily We Live

1938★ 6.9

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

Society matron Emily Kilbourne has a habit of hiring ex-cons and hobos as servants. Her latest find is a handsome tramp who shows up at her doorstep and ends up in a chauffeur's un...

#6
The Other Wife

The Other Wife

2016★ 4.7

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

Kate is devastated to learn that her husband Billy has been living a double life....