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10 Best Movies Like Smart People

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

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#1
Swing Vote

Swing Vote

2008★ 5.7

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

In a remarkable turn of events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote....

#2
Sunset Song

Sunset Song

2015★ 6.2

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

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s....

#3
Running with the Devil

Running with the Devil

2019★ 5.4

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

A leader of a drug cartel sends his two toughest henchmen to investigate why a shipment was botched....

#4
The Tracey Fragments

The Tracey Fragments

2007★ 6.0

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

Tracey Berkowitz, 15, a self-described normal girl, loses her 9-year old brother, Sonny. In flashbacks and fragments, we meet her overbearing parents and the sweet, clueless Sonny....

#5
Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control

Get Smart's Bruce and Lloyd Out of Control

2008★ 5.0

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

Bumbling R&D inventors Bruce and Lloyd get out of the lab and into the field as they search to locate their latest invention - which has somehow gone missing. When you're used to s...

#6
The Sign of Four

The Sign of Four

1987★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smart People for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Mary Morstan has received a pearl in the post every year since her father's disappearance. This leads Holmes and Watson to the truth about a secret pact between four convicts durin...