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10 Best Movies Like A Quiet Life

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

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#1
Tim

Tim

1979★ 6.2

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

Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they ...

#2
Wildflower

Wildflower

2023★ 7.4

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

The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help....

#3
As Cool as I Am

As Cool as I Am

2013★ 5.8

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

A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers....

#4
What's Eating Gilbert Grape

What's Eating Gilbert Grape

1993★ 7.7

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

Gilbert Grape is a small-town young man with a lot of responsibility. Chief among his concerns are his mother, who is so overweight that she can't leave the house, and his mentally...

#5
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#6
The Mighty

The Mighty

1998★ 7.2

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

Kevin, an intelligent guy helps out Maxwell to improve his reading skills. In return, Kevin wants Maxwell to take him out places since he is not authorized to go out. Being the soc...

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