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10 Best Movies Like Mr. Birthday

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

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#1
Fate

Fate

2003★ 3.5

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

Serial killers have plagued the American landscape for decades, committing gruesome atrocities, and providing some tough cases for criminal investigators to crack. Two detectives a...

#2
Young and Dangerous 4

Young and Dangerous 4

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mr. Birthday for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The boss of the Hung Hing gang, Tian Sang, has died. Ho Nam and Hon Bun find Sangs younger brother, Yang to lead the gang. Meanwhile, Hon Bun receives news that his younger brother...

#3
Pennies

Pennies

2006★ 6.6

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

The story of Charlotte Brown,a waitress and young single mother who will do anything for her daughter Jenny, and when push comes to shove, she does. With a menacing figure on the o...

#4
Star

Star

2024★ 7.3

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

Follows a youngster Kalai and his aspirations of becoming a 'Star' in the Tamil Film Industry. Born in a lower-middle-class family, will Kalai overcome all his struggles to emerge ...

#5
Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

Divers at Work on the Wreck of the "Maine"

1898★ 5.7

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

Divers go to work on a wrecked ship (the battleship Maine that was blown up in Havana harbour during the Spanish-American War), surrounded by curiously disproportionate fish....

#6
Mark Twain

Mark Twain

2002★ 7.0

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

Largely considered to be the greatest American author, Mark Twain is celebrated in this exhaustive documentary by filmmaker Ken Burns....