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10 Best Movies Like Why Not!

If you loved Why Not!, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Reader

The Reader

2008★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Not! for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one...

#2
Hatching Pete

Hatching Pete

2009★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Not! for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Pete is very inconspicuous at school, unlike his extrovert mate Cleatis who's happy to don a chicken suit and be the school mascot, but unfortunately, Cleatis is allergic to the su...

#3
Just Love Me

Just Love Me

2006★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Not! for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Modern-day Warsaw shines in this romantic comedy about the love life of a young, hip architect. In his break-out role, popular Polish television star Maciej Zakoscielny plays the h...

#4
Long Honeymoon

Long Honeymoon

1976★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Not! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a young married couple. Marta, a schoolteacher, and Adam, a factory worker, marry despite family objections and anxiously await their own apartment in a housing-shorta...

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Not! for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Why Not! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...