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10 Best Movies Like What We Wanted

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

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#1
La Forêt de mon père

La Forêt de mon père

2020★ 5.9

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

Gina, 15, lives in a city on the edge of the forest. She admires her father, unpredictable and whimsical, able to take his children at night in the woods, even to forget them. Jimm...

#2
Granny Nanny

Granny Nanny

2020★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We Wanted for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Retirees Karin, Gerhard and Philippa are not in the mood for Nordic walking and seniors' courses at the university. When Philippa, who is living life to the full as Leonie's godmot...

#3
O Banquete

O Banquete

2018★ 6.3

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

An elegant dinner, which takes place in real time, brings together a group of intellectuals in the early 90s in São Paulo, Brazil: the hosts are the editor of the country's top new...

#4
Sulthan

Sulthan

2021★ 5.5

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

A man raised by gangsters tries to reform them, and a hired job to protect a village presents him with the perfect opportunity....

#5
Anja

Anja

2020★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What We Wanted for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young medic, Levente, spends his internship at a rural hospital in Hungary. He starts to question his trust in his teacher, professor Kovács, after a case with a Romani woman who...

#6
Scappo a casa

Scappo a casa

2019★ 5.0

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

Michele is a superficial man with nothing but contempt for other people and who lives only to show off his wealth on social media, until he finds himself mistaken for a North Afric...