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10 Best Movies Like The Man Next Door

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

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#1
I Am an S+M Writer

I Am an S+M Writer

2000โ€ขโ˜… 4.5

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

Kurosaki is an erotic novelist who uses his editor and a hired model to act out scenarios in his living room to use for inspiration in his writing. His wife Shizuko calls him a per...

#2
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939โ€ขโ˜… 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#3
Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

Back to Hannibal: The Return of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn

1990โ€ขโ˜… 6.1

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

This is yet another telling of the adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as the two try to clear their friend Jim of murder charges....

#4
The Falls: Testament of Love

The Falls: Testament of Love

2013โ€ขโ˜… 5.8

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

Picking up five years after the doomed romance between Mormon missionaries RJ and Chris, though their lives have taken radically different paths, the death of a mutual friend unexp...

#5
Children of Hannibal

Children of Hannibal

1998โ€ขโ˜… 4.6

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

Unemployed Domenico robs a bank, but is forced to take a hostage when things go wrong. The hostage, Tommaso, is a man who hates his wife and job, and who was already planning to ru...

#6
Star

Star

1993โ€ขโ˜… 6.1

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

When Crystal Wyatt was 16 her father passed away. From that time her life would never be the same. Crystal is banished from the family ranch, and starts a new life as a singer in a...