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10 Best Movies Like Never Saw It Coming

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

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#1
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Saw It Coming for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#2
Something Wild

Something Wild

1986★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Saw It Coming for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A free-spirited woman "kidnaps" a yuppie for a weekend of adventure. But the fun quickly takes a dangerous turn when her ex-con husband shows up....

#3
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Saw It Coming for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....

#4
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#5
Matador

Matador

1986★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Saw It Coming for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A conflicted youth confesses to crimes he didn't commit while a man and woman aroused by death become obsessed with each other....

#6
Orchestra Rehearsal

Orchestra Rehearsal

1979★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Never Saw It Coming for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out....