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10 Best Movies Like Difficult Days

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

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#1
Shotgun Stories

Shotgun Stories

2007★ 6.9

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

Shotgun Stories tracks a feud that erupts between two sets of half brothers following the death of their father. Set against the cotton fields and back roads of Southeast Arkansas,...

#2
Orange County

Orange County

2002★ 6.0

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

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs...

#3
Maintenance by Any Means

Maintenance by Any Means

2003★ 5.0

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

"Maintenance by any Means" is about two maintenance men vying for the position of maintenance supervisor in an apartment complex. The maintenance men must compete with each other i...

#4
The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

The Story of the Last Chrysanthemum

1939★ 7.8

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

In late 19th century Tokyo, Kikunosuke Onoue, the adopted son of a legendary actor, himself an actor specializing in female roles, discovers that he is only praised for his acting ...

#5
New York Stories

New York Stories

1989★ 6.2

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

Three tales of love, ambition, and neurosis unfold in the city that never sleeps. In "Life Lessons" (Martin Scorsese), a tormented painter channels heartbreak into his art. In "Lif...

#6
Eccezzziunale... veramente

Eccezzziunale... veramente

1982★ 6.2

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

Diego Abatantuono in the shoes of three huge fans: the Juventus truck driver Tirzan, the head of the ultra Milanese Donato and the Franco inter....