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10 Best Movies Like When You're Strange

If you loved When You're Strange, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Phas Gaye Re Obama

Phas Gaye Re Obama

2010★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When You're Strange for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Om, a debt-ridden NRI, wants to sell his ancestral property to pay his debts, but things turn awry when he is kidnapped by gangsters who believe him to be a rich target....

#2
'o Re

'o Re

1989★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When You're Strange for fans of History. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome ...

#3
American Hardcore

American Hardcore

2006★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When You're Strange for fans of Documentary & Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Inspired by Steven Blush's book "American Hardcore: A tribal history" Paul Rachman's feature documentary debut is a chronicle of the underground hardcore punk years from 1979 to 19...

#4
Hunter Will Get You

Hunter Will Get You

1976★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When You're Strange for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

L'Alpagueur is a free-lance spy from the French secret agency. He's put on the investigation about L'epervier, a serial-killer who employs young boys to help him robbing banks befo...

#5
Tyson

Tyson

2008★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When You're Strange for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Director James Toback takes an unflinching, uncompromising look at the life of Mike Tyson--almost solely from the perspective of the man himself. TYSON alternates between the contr...

#6
Ferdinand I King of Naples

Ferdinand I King of Naples

1959★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When You're Strange for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the infamous city premises in search...