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10 Best Movies Like Zappa

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

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#1
A Complete Unknown

A Complete Unknown

2024★ 7.1

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

New York, early 1960s. Against the backdrop of a vibrant music scene and tumultuous cultural upheaval, an enigmatic 19-year-old from Minnesota arrives in the West Village with his ...

#2
The Wanderers

The Wanderers

1979★ 7.0

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

The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history...

#3
Apt Pupil

Apt Pupil

1998★ 6.5

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

One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wante...

#4
Dear Zoe

Dear Zoe

2022★ 6.5

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

Tess enlists her biological father – a lovable slacker from the wrong side of the tracks – and the charming juvenile delinquent next door to help her come to grips with the death o...

#5
The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now

2013★ 6.7

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

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her...

#6
Jasper Jones

Jasper Jones

2017★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Charlie's life changes when Jasper takes his help to dispose of the body of his girlfriend, Laura. He decides to look for the murderer and falls in love with Laur...

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