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10 Best Movies Like Sometimes Naive

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

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#1
Farming

Farming

2018★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#2
Buddha Mountain

Buddha Mountain

2011★ 6.8

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

In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student...

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

#5
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sometimes Naive for fans of 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....

#6
The Big Picture

The Big Picture

1989★ 5.8

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

Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel sedu...

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