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10 Best Movies Like Cicadas

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

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#1
Third Star

Third Star

2010★ 7.0

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

James and his three closest lifelong friends go on an ill-advised trip to the stunning coastal area of Barafundle Bay in West Wales. What follows is a touching and comical adventur...

#2
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy

2025★ 6.4

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

Bridget Jones navigates life as a widow and single mum with the help of her family, friends, and former lover, Daniel. Back to work and on the apps, she's pursued by a younger man ...

#3
Miss You Already

Miss You Already

2015★ 7.4

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

The friendship between two life-long girlfriends is put to the test when one starts a family and the other falls ill....

#4
Laggies

Laggies

2014★ 6.1

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

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think abou...

#5
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#6
Waiting to Exhale

Waiting to Exhale

1995★ 6.2

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

Cheated on, mistreated and stepped on, the women are holding their breath, waiting for the elusive "good man" to break a string of less-than-stellar lovers. Friends and confidants ...

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