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10 Best Movies Like The Lunatics

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

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#1
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

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

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

#2
Love on a Diet

Love on a Diet

2001★ 6.0

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

A depressed, obese woman tries to lose weight in order to win back her ex-boyfriend with the help of a fellow Hong Konger whom she met in Japan....

#3
Neverwas

Neverwas

2005★ 6.4

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

Zach Riley is a psychiatrist, who leaves a job at a prestigious university, to take up a job at the privately run mental institution, Millwood. What he doesn't reveal at the time o...

#4
Still Human

Still Human

2018★ 7.8

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

A Hong Kong man with a disability hires a Filipino migrant worker to care for him. As they spend more time together through different seasons, they start learning about themselves....

#5
Mad World

Mad World

2016★ 7.0

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

An absentee father and his bipolar son are forced to live together as they struggle with a recent family tragedy. The tension and anxiety boil as they live and try to cope in a tin...

#6
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

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