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10 Best Movies Like Contra

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

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#1
Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters

2024★ 6.9

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

When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspe...

#2
Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

2025★ 6.5

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

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made fo...

#3
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

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

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#4
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

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

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#5
Juniper

Juniper

2021★ 6.5

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

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his lif...

#6
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Contra for fans of Comedy & Drama. 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...

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