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10 Best Movies Like Awad in a Mess

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

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#1
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#2
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

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

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#3
Disappearing Acts

Disappearing Acts

2000★ 6.1

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

A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love....

#4
Òlòtūré

Òlòtūré

2019★ 6.3

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

In Lagos, Nigeria, young, naive Nigerian journalist Òlòtūré goes undercover to expose the shady underworld of human trafficking. Unused to this brutal environment, crawling with ru...

#5
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

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

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#6
The Wedding March

The Wedding March

2016★ 6.1

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

When former college sweethearts Olivia Pershing and Mick Turner are unexpectedly reunited the weekend of Olivia's wedding, the former couple initially locks horns but as the events...

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