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10 Best Movies Like California Dreaming

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

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#1
Greenberg

Greenberg

2010★ 5.9

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

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—u...

#2
Shag

Shag

1989★ 6.1

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

Summer of 1963. Carson is getting married to her boyfriend so her friends Melaina, Pudge and Luanne take her to Myrtle Beach for one last irresponsible weekend....

#3
Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday

1978★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to California Dreaming for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves....

#4
The Last Summer

The Last Summer

2019★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to California Dreaming for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college....

#5
The Best You Can

The Best You Can

2025★ 7.0

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

Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, ...

#6
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011★ 5.8

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

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce....

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