10 Best Movies Like Based on the Novel
If you loved Based on the Novel, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

In the Soup
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on the Novel for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

Almost Friends
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on the Novel for fans of Drama & Comedy. 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...

CQ
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on the Novel for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

Somewhere in Queens
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on the Novel for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tea...

Cosi
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on the Novel for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overru...

Uncorked
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Based on the Novel for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint....