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10 Best Movies Like By the River Nowhere

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

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#1
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#2
The Lords of Flatbush

The Lords of Flatbush

1974★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the River Nowhere for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. 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...

#3
Strictly Sexual

Strictly Sexual

2008★ 6.1

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

Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes....

#4
Chéri

Chéri

2009★ 6.1

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

The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love....

#5
(Untitled)

(Untitled)

2009★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to By the River Nowhere for fans of Drama & Comedy & Romance. 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....

#6
Father of the Bride

Father of the Bride

2022★ 6.4

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

A father comes to grips with his daughter’s upcoming wedding through the prism of multiple relationships within a big, sprawling Cuban-American family....

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