
10 Best Movies Like Sometimes a Great Notion
If you loved Sometimes a Great Notion, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Piranha
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes a Great Notion for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
When flesh-eating piranhas are accidentally released into a summer resort's rivers, the guests become their next meal....

A Single Man
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes a Great Notion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Set in Los Angeles in 1962, at the height of the Cuban missile crisis, is the story of a British college professor who dwells on the past and cannot see his future. We follow him t...

The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes a Great Notion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
13-year-old Rynn Jacobs lives in a New England beach town. Whenever the landlady inquires after Rynn's father, she claims that he's not available. But when the landlady's son, Fran...

The Long, Hot Summer
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes a Great Notion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners....

The Wise Guys
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes a Great Notion for fans of Adventure & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Hector Valentin returns to France from Canada when he inherits a small sawmill. He has difficulties restarting the run-down operation which has inefficient workers and is hampered ...

On Golden Pond
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes a Great Notion for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love...