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10 Best Movies Like You Really Got Me

If you loved You Really Got Me, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Suicide Kings

Suicide Kings

1997★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to You Really Got Me for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Carlo, a former mobster, is abducted by five privileged young men desperate to raise a $2 million ransom to save the sister of a friend. As Carlo plays mind games, however, his cap...

#2
Ruthless People

Ruthless People

1986★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to You Really Got Me for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sam Stone hates his wife Barbara so much that he wants her dead. He's ecstatic when she's taken by a duo of kidnappers who want $500,000 ransom in exchange for her life. Fully inte...

#3
Family Weekend

Family Weekend

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to You Really Got Me for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition....

#4
The Middle Man

The Middle Man

2021★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to You Really Got Me for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communic...

#5
Excess Baggage

Excess Baggage

1997★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to You Really Got Me for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen....

#6
A Crooked Somebody

A Crooked Somebody

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to You Really Got Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An attention-seeking psychic is kidnapped and tries to use the situation to boost his popularity....

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