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10 Best Movies Like Deadbeat's Diary

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

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#1
The Middle Man

The Middle Man

2021★ 6.1

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

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communic...

#2
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Deadbeat's Diary 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....

#3
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

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

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#4
Fat Kid Rules The World

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012★ 6.7

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

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band....

#5
Cosi

Cosi

1996★ 6.1

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

Lewis, a young amateur theater director, is offered a job with a governmental program for the rehabilitation of mentally ill patients in a Sydney institution. His project is overru...

#6
The Lords of Flatbush

The Lords of Flatbush

1974★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Deadbeat's Diary for fans of Comedy & Drama. 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...

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