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10 Best Movies Like tick, tick... BOOM!

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

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#1
Jeffrey

Jeffrey

1995★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to tick, tick... BOOM! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it...

#2
Rent

Rent

2005★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to tick, tick... BOOM! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In New York City's gritty East Village, a group of bohemians strive for success and acceptance while enduring the obstacles of poverty, illness and the AIDS epidemic....

#3
TÁR

TÁR

2022★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to tick, tick... BOOM! for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As celebrated conductor Lydia Tár starts rehearsals for a career-defining symphony, the consequences of her past choices begin to echo in the present....

#4
Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

1953★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to tick, tick... BOOM! for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters th...

#5
Synecdoche, New York

Synecdoche, New York

2008★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to tick, tick... BOOM! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A theater director struggles with his work, and the women in his life, as he attempts to create a life-size replica of New York inside a warehouse as part of his new play....

#6
Clouds

Clouds

2020★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to tick, tick... BOOM! for fans of Drama & Music. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young musician Zach Sobiech discovers his cancer has spread, leaving him just a few months to live. With limited time, he follows his dream and makes an album, unaware that it will...

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