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10 Best Movies Like August

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

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#1
The Lords of Flatbush

The Lords of Flatbush

1974★ 5.8

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

Set in 1958, the coming of age story follows four lower middle-class Brooklyn teenagers known as The Lords of Flatbush. The Lords chase girls, steal cars, shoot pool, get into stre...

#2
A California Christmas: City Lights

A California Christmas: City Lights

2021★ 6.6

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

Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph ba...

#3
Persuasion

Persuasion

2022★ 6.1

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

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth - the dashing one she once sent a...

#4
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010★ 5.9

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

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with ...

#5
Which Brings Me to You

Which Brings Me to You

2023★ 6.2

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

Two romantic burnouts, Jane and Will, are immediately drawn to each other at a mutual friend’s wedding. After a disastrous hookup in the coatroom, the two spend the next 24 hours t...

#6
A California Christmas

A California Christmas

2020★ 6.4

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

With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas....

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