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10 Best Movies Like True West

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

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#1
Stolen Summer

Stolen Summer

2002★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to True West for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Pete, an eight-year-old Catholic boy growing up in the suburbs of Chicago in the mid-1970s, attends Catholic school, where as classes let out for the summer, he's admonished by a n...

#2
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#3
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955★ 7.4

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

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...

#4
Landscape in the Mist

Landscape in the Mist

1988★ 7.6

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

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany....

#5
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1931★ 7.0

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

Four stowaways get mixed up with gangsters while running riot on an ocean liner....

#6
Dillinger Is Dead

Dillinger Is Dead

1969★ 7.1

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

A man decides to cook for himself and finds a revolver (which may have belonged to John Dillinger) hidden in his kitchen....