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Movies like Here and Now, and After? (2025)

The best movies like Here and Now, and After? (2025) are Born Yesterday (1950), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) and The Beaver (2011). If Here and Now, and After? hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Born Yesterday (1950)

    Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991)

    Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, minor characters from the play 'Hamlet', find themselves on the road to Elsinore Castle at the behest of the King of Denmark. The duo encounter a band of players before arriving to find that they are needed to try to discern what troubles the prince Hamlet. Meanwhile, they ponder the meaning of their existence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. The Beaver (2011)

    Suffering from a severe case of depression, toy company CEO Walter Black begins using a beaver hand puppet to help him open up to his family. With his father seemingly going insane, adolescent son Porter pushes for his parents to get a divorce.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)

    A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. Twelfth Night (1996)

    Shakespeare's comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Brain Donors (1992)

    Three manic idiots—a lawyer, a cab driver and a handyman—team up to run a ballet company to fulfil the will of a millionaire. Stooge-like antics result as the trio try to outwit the rich widow and her scheming big-shot lawyer, who also wants to run the ballet.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  7. Let's Make Love (1960)

    When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful star of the show, Amanda Dell.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. Mozart and the Whale (2005)

    A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. Julia (1977)

    At the behest of an old and dear friend, playwright Lillian Hellman undertakes a dangerous mission to smuggle funds into Nazi Germany.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. An Ideal Husband (1999)

    Sir Robert Chiltern is a successful government minister, well-off and with a loving wife. All this is threatened when Mrs Cheveley appears in London with damning evidence of a past misdeed. Sir Robert turns for help to his friend Lord Goring, an apparently idle philanderer and the despair of his father. Goring knows the lady of old, and, for him, takes the whole thing pretty seriously.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Love and Death (1975)

    In czarist Russia, a neurotic soldier and his distant cousin formulate a plot to assassinate Napoleon.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Human Nature (2001)

    Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, Lila fights to preserve the man’s natural state. In the power struggle that ensues, an unusual love triangle emerges.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Much Ado About Nothing (1993)

    In this Shakespearean farce, Hero and her groom-to-be, Claudio, team up with Claudio's commanding officer, Don Pedro, the week before their wedding to hatch a matchmaking scheme. Their targets are sharp-witted duo Benedick and Beatrice -- a tough task indeed, considering their corresponding distaste for love and each other. Meanwhile, meddling Don John plots to ruin the wedding.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Stage Door (1937)

    A spirited heiress wishing to break into theatre on her own merit arrives at a boardinghouse where aspiring young actresses and showgirls are brought together through their cynicism and disappointments.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)

    Two young gentlemen living in 1890s England use the same pseudonym ('Ernest') on the sly, which is fine until they both fall in love with women using that name, which leads to a comedy of mistaken identities.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. Superintelligence (2020)

    When an all-powerful Superintelligence chooses to study the most average person on Earth, Carol Peters, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. As the A.I. decides to enslave, save or destroy humanity, it’s up to Carol to prove that people are worth saving.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  17. The Ruling Class (1972)

    When the Earl of Gurney dies in a cross-dressing accident, his schizophrenic son, Jack, inherits the Gurney estate. Jack is not the average nobleman; he sings and dances across the estate and thinks he is Jesus reincarnated. Believing that Jack is mentally unfit to own the estate, the Gurney family plots to steal Jack's inheritance. As their outrageous schemes fail, the family strives to cure Jack of his bizarre behavior, with disastrous results.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Puppet Master III: Toulon's Revenge (1992)

    After hearing that mystical toymaker Andre Toulon has managed to create a troupe of sentient, living puppets, Nazi underling Dr. Hess sets his sights on exploiting Toulon's powers for the glory of the Reich.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. The Book of Life (1998)

    New Year's Eve takes on new meaning when the Devil, Jesus Christ, and Christ's assistant Magdalena discuss and debate the End of the World.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. National Theatre Live: Frankenstein (2011)

    Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and deeply disturbing tale.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Here and Now, and After??

The closest matches to Here and Now, and After? are Born Yesterday (1950), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) and The Beaver (2011). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Here and Now, and After??

Start with Born Yesterday (1950), the closest match to Here and Now, and After?.

What is the highest-rated movie like Here and Now, and After??

Love and Death (1975), rated 7.5/10 by 997 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Here and Now, and After??

Superintelligence (2020) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Here and Now, and After??

Yes: Born Yesterday (1950), Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) and The Beaver (2011).

How are movies similar to Here and Now, and After? chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Here and Now, and After?, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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