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10 Best Movies Like What Makes a Man

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

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#1
Call Me by Your Name

Call Me by Your Name

2017★ 8.1

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

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-...

#2
Who's That Knocking at My Door

Who's That Knocking at My Door

1968★ 6.1

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

A Catholic New Yorker falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her, but he struggles to accept her past and what it means for their future....

#3
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

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

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

#4
Made in Italy

Made in Italy

2020★ 6.0

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

A bohemian artist travels from London to Italy with his estranged son to sell the house they inherited from his late wife....

#5
Wander Darkly

Wander Darkly

2020★ 6.0

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

New parents Adrienne and Matteo are forced to reckon with trauma amidst their troubled relationship. They must revisit the memories of their past and unravel haunting truths in ord...

#6
Marty

Marty

1955★ 7.5

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

Marty, a butcher who lives in the Bronx with his mother is unmarried at 34. Good-natured but socially awkward he faces constant badgering from family and friends to get married but...

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