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10 Best Movies Like Orangutan

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

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#1
Fat Kid Rules The World

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012★ 6.7

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

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band....

#2
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.6

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

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

#3
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

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

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#4
The Joneses

The Joneses

2010★ 6.2

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

A seemingly perfect family moves into a suburban neighborhood, but when it comes to the truth as to why they're living there, they don't exactly come clean with their neighbors....

#5
The Good Heart

The Good Heart

2009★ 6.4

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

Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking hi...

#6
Match

Match

2014★ 5.9

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

A Seattle couple travel to New York to interview colorful former dancer Tobi for research on a dissertation about dance. But soon, common niceties and social graces erode when the ...

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