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10 Best Movies Like S Is for Stanley

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

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#1
Playground

Playground

2016★ 6.2

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

It's the end of the school year and today is the last chance for 12-year-old Gabrysia to tell her classmate that she has fallen in love with him. She sets up a secret meeting and b...

#2
Mad Love

Mad Love

1985★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to S Is for Stanley for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After a successful bank robbery, Micky hopes to take back his girlfriend Marie who has been taken from him. On the way to Paris he meets Leon, a neurotic dreamer whom he considers ...

#3
Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics

Lupin the Third: Angel Tactics

2005★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to S Is for Stanley for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Stolen from the famous "secret" Air Force base, Area 51, Lupin's most recently stolen treasure holds a secret. Four "Bloody Angels," the toughest women Lupin has ever faced, want t...

#4
Faces Places

Faces Places

2017★ 7.6

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

Director Agnès Varda and photographer/muralist JR journey through rural France and form an unlikely friendship....

#5
Tom at the Farm

Tom at the Farm

2014★ 6.8

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

A young man travels to an isolated farm for his lover's funeral where he's quickly drawn into a twisted, sexually charged game by his lover's aggressive brother....

#6
The Insider

The Insider

1999★ 7.5

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

A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a 60 Minutes exposé on Big Tobacco....