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15 Movies Like The Man Who Surprised Everyone

Loved The Man Who Surprised Everyone? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Eyes Wide Shut
#1

Eyes Wide Shut

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Cape Fear
#2

Cape Fear

Sam Bowden is a small-town corporate attorney. Max Cady is a tattooed, cigar-smoking, Bible-quoting, psychotic rapist. What do they have in common? 14 years ago, Sam was a public defender assigned to Max Cady's rape trial, and he made a serious error: he hid a document from his illiterate client that could have gotten him acquitted. Now, the cagey Cady has been released, and he intends to teach Sam Bowden and his family a thing or two about loss.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II
#3

Nymphomaniac: Vol. II

The continuation of Joe's sexually dictated life delves into the darker aspects of her adult life and what led to her being in Seligman's care.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Stalker
#4

Stalker

Near a gray and unnamed city is the Zone, a place guarded by barbed wire and soldiers, and where the normal laws of physics are victim to frequent anomalies. A stalker guides two men into the Zone, specifically to an area in which deep-seated desires are granted.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Russian Nymphet: Temptation
#5

Russian Nymphet: Temptation

A Russian teen turns the tables on her fashion photographer. Suddenly he doesn't like being the one on camera!

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Bully
#6

Bully

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Come and See
#7

Come and See

The invasion of a village in Belarus by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Crash
#8

Crash

A car crash victim inexplicably finds himself aroused by car accidents and becomes involved with an underground subculture of like-minded souls.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

The Ascent
#9

The Ascent

During a freezing WWII winter, two Soviet partisans on a mission to gather food contend with the temperature, the occupying Germans, and their own psyches.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl
#10

Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl

Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even more remote spot with a Tibetan saddle tramp Lao Jin to learn horse herding.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Fib the Truth
#11

Fib the Truth

A couple in love spends time away from civilization, but the sudden arrivals of the younger sister and then the girl's ex-boyfriend violate the country idyll.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Trafficked
#12

Trafficked

In this story inspired by real characters, three girls from America, Nigeria and India are trafficked through an elaborate global network and enslaved in a Texas brothel, and must together attempt a daring escape to reclaim their freedom.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

The Star Inspector
#13

The Star Inspector

A commander of the Russian space police begins looking for the capitalist space pirates who have been wreaking intergalactic havoc upon the surrounding planets.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Two Prosecutors
#14

Two Prosecutors

In 1937, amidst Stalin's Great Terror, a newly appointed prosecutor for the USSR is made aware of alleged corruption in the Secret Police, and takes it upon himself to investigate.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.

Fidelity
#15

Fidelity

A successful obstetrician living a seemingly stable married life begins to question her relationship when emotional and physical intimacy fades. Suspecting her husband of betrayal, she seeks connection elsewhere, stepping into a hidden world that offers desire, control, and escape. As she navigates this parallel existence, the boundaries between loyalty, loneliness, and self-discovery slowly begin to blur.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Man Who Surprised Everyone.