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10 Best Movies Like Based on Principle

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

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#1
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on Principle 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...

#2
(Untitled)

(Untitled)

2009★ 6.4

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

A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art....

#3
Scandalous Sex

Scandalous Sex

2004★ 6.9

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

A daughter seeks to restore the reputation of her disgraced father, a wronged college professor. With help of a professional student, she must overcome an ambitious sorority bitch ...

#4
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#5
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#6
Gabriel's Inferno

Gabriel's Inferno

2020★ 8.4

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

An intriguing and sinful exploration of seduction, forbidden love, and redemption, Gabriel's Inferno is a captivating and wildly passionate tale of one man's escape from his own pe...

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