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10 Best Movies Like The Unexpected Race

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

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#1
Entertainment

Entertainment

2015★ 5.6

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

Set in the Mojave Desert, the film follows a broken-down comedian playing clubs across the Southwest, working his way to Los Angeles to meet his estranged daughter....

#2
Cries and Whispers

Cries and Whispers

1972★ 7.9

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

As Agnes slowly dies of cancer, her sisters are so immersed in their own psychic pains that they are unable to offer her the support she needs....

#3
The Cameraman

The Cameraman

1928★ 7.8

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

A photographer takes up newsreel shooting to impress a secretary....

#4
The Isle

The Isle

2000★ 6.9

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

Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love wi...

#5
Too Much

Too Much

1986★ 6.4

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

Oscar dreams of becoming an actor or a stuntman. To contact a manufacturer he stages an accident and consequently injures a young actress, then tries to limit the damage by taking ...

#6
The Year of Living Dangerously

The Year of Living Dangerously

1982★ 6.7

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

A young Australian reporter tries to navigate the political turmoil of Indonesia during the rule of President Sukarno with the help of a diminutive photographer....