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10 Best Movies Like Paul Auster: What If

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

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#1
Transformers: Titans Return

Transformers: Titans Return

2017★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paul Auster: What If for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

After the Combiner Wars ended, Cybertron started to be rebuilt. However, an undead Starscream has been reincarnated as Trypticon, wreaking havoc around him. To combat this menace, ...

#2
Lord

Lord

2011★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paul Auster: What If for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Although he hates dogs, Toni is engaged in finding lost animals and then sentimentally blackmails the masters in order to obtain beautiful large amounts of money. Because of an old...

#3
Maroun Returns to Beirut

Maroun Returns to Beirut

2024★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paul Auster: What If for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

2023 marked the thirtieth anniversary of Maroun Baghdadi’s sudden and tragic death. Maroun was a Lebanese filmmaker who wrote and directed films during the Lebanese civil war and c...

#4
Return to Rajapur

Return to Rajapur

2006★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paul Auster: What If for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A doomed love affair blooms against the beautiful and exotic backdrop of the deserts of India in this romantic drama. Samantha Hartley (Kelli Garner) is a woman in her early twenti...

#5
Box

Box

2015★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paul Auster: What If for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Box is a story of two people who meet at a crossroad. Two different destinies, two different lives, face to face in a game of sweat, blood and tears. Rafael (19) is a young boxer w...

#6
Return to Innocence

Return to Innocence

2001★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paul Auster: What If for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A searing legal drama that centers on a highly credentialed child psychologist whose life is shattered when he's accused of sexually assaulting a young boy he's been treating....