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10 Best Movies Like The Best Man

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

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#1
Papillon

Papillon

1973★ 7.8

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

A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape....

#2
Mister Roberts

Mister Roberts

1955★ 7.0

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

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton....

#3
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#4
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Best Man for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#5
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...