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10 Best Movies Like What Happens Next

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

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#1
London Has Fallen

London Has Fallen

2016★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What Happens Next for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In London for the Prime Minister's funeral, Mike Banning discovers a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders....

#2
Gun Hill Road

Gun Hill Road

2011★ 5.7

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

An ex-con returns home to the Bronx after three year in prison to discover his wife estranged and his teenage son exploring a sexual transformation that will put the fragile bonds ...

#3
Friends and Family

Friends and Family

2001★ 5.7

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

Gay New York couple Stephen Torcelli and Danny Russo have something to hide from Stephen's parents -- their jobs as Mafia enforcers. When the Torcelli family plans to visit, Stephe...

#4
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

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

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#5
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#6
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...