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10 Best Movies Like Birthday Cake

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

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#1
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007★ 6.9

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

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death....

#2
Reservation Road

Reservation Road

2007★ 6.5

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

Two fathers' lives intersect when one of them is involved in a terrible and sudden hit-and-run car accident that leaves the other's son dead. In response, the two men react in unex...

#3
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#4
Goodbye June

Goodbye June

2025★ 6.7

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

Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season....

#5
Restless

Restless

2011★ 6.5

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

Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love....

#6
This Is Where I Leave You

This Is Where I Leave You

2014★ 6.6

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

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along w...

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