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10 Best Movies Like A Single Woman

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

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#1
Still Waiting...

Still Waiting...

2009★ 4.9

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

After Shenaniganz loses all its hottest waitresses to new competitor Ta-Ta's Wing Shack -- where the scantily clad wait staff earns bigger tips -- the Shenaniganz staff aims to giv...

#2
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#3
Awakenings

Awakenings

1990★ 7.8

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

Dr. Malcolm Sayer, a shy research physician, uses an experimental drug to "awaken" the catatonic victims of a rare disease. Leonard is the first patient to receive the controversia...

#4
Ex Machina

Ex Machina

2015★ 7.6

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

Caleb, a coder at the world's largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of the company. But ...

#5
Timbuktu

Timbuktu

2014★ 7.0

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

Just outside of the Malian city of Timbuktu, now occupied by militant Islamic rebels who impose the Sharia on civilians and inconvenience their daily life, a cattleman kills a fish...

#6
Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984★ 6.8

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

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly olde...