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10 Best Movies Like A New Life

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

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#1
Starting Over

Starting Over

1979★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A New Life for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher....

#2
The Incredible Jessica James

The Incredible Jessica James

2017★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A New Life for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Burned by a bad breakup, a struggling New York City playwright makes an unlikely connection with a divorced app designer she meets on a blind date....

#3
Crossing Delancey

Crossing Delancey

1988★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A New Life for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Thirty-something Isabelle spends her time going from her tiny, solitary West Side apartment to that of her grandmother on the Lower East Side. While her grandmother plots to find h...

#4
How to Be Single

How to Be Single

2016★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A New Life for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world ...

#5
Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes

2005★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A New Life for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, a...

#6
Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating

2010★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A New Life for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples....

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