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10 Best Movies Like Never Look Back

If you loved Never Look Back, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Kid Detective

The Kid Detective

2020★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Look Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A once-celebrated kid detective, now 31, continues to solve the same trivial mysteries between hangovers and bouts of self-pity. Until a naive client brings him his first 'adult' c...

#2
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Look Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#3
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Look Back for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A burger-loving hit man, his philosophical partner, a drug-addled gangster's moll and a washed-up boxer converge in this sprawling, comedic crime caper. Their adventures unfurl in ...

#4
1917

1917

2019★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Look Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#5
The Truman Show

The Truman Show

1998★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Look Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An insurance salesman begins to suspect that his whole life is actually some sort of reality TV show....

#6
The Shawshank Redemption

The Shawshank Redemption

1994★ 8.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Look Back for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting ski...