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10 Best Movies Like A Long Shot

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

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#1
The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker

1997★ 6.1

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

Marcy, a worker in the reelection campaign of bumbling Senator John McGlory, is sent to Ireland on a quest to find the Irish ancestry of Sen. McGlory, to help him win the Irish vot...

#2
The Van

The Van

1996★ 6.4

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

In a working-class quarter of Dublin, 'Bimbo' Reeves gets laid off from his job and, with his redundancy payout, buys a van and sells fish and chips with his buddy, Larry. Due to I...

#3
The Million Pound Note

The Million Pound Note

1954★ 6.8

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

An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a note worth one million pounds....

#4
Joe's Apartment

Joe's Apartment

1996★ 5.8

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

A nice guy has just moved to New York and discovers that he must share his run-down apartment with a couple thousand singing, dancing cockroaches....

#5
Barry Lyndon

Barry Lyndon

1975★ 8.0

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

An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond Barry into the noble Barry Lyndo...

#6
Roustabout

Roustabout

1964★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Long Shot for fans of Music. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

After a singer loses his job at a coffee shop, he finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father....

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