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10 Best Movies Like Mental

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

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#1
Bean

Bean

1997★ 6.5

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

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairma...

#2
Muriel's Wedding

Muriel's Wedding

1994★ 6.8

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

Socially awkward Muriel Heslop wants nothing more than to get married. Unfortunately, due to her oppressive politician father, Muriel has never even been on a date. Ostracized by h...

#3
Promised Land

Promised Land

2012★ 6.3

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

A salesman for a natural gas company experiences life-changing events after arriving in a small town, where his corporation wants to tap into the available resources....

#4
Lightning Bug

Lightning Bug

2004★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mental for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In this drama thriller set in the South, a young boy named Green (Bret Harrison) longs to escape his unhappy life but feels trapped in his hometown. A gifted special-effects makeup...

#5
The Experiment

The Experiment

2010★ 6.4

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

20 men are chosen to participate in the roles of guards and prisoners in a psychological study that ultimately spirals out of control....

#6
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011★ 7.0

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

A year after his father's death, Oskar, a troubled young boy, discovers a mysterious key he believes was left for him by his father and embarks on a scavenger hunt to find the matc...