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10 Best Movies Like Failing Better Now

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

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#1
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

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

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

#2
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

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

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

#3
Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

Dave Chappelle: Killin' Them Softly

2000★ 8.1

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

Dave Chappelle returns for a stand-up to D.C. and riffs on politics, police, race relations, drugs, Sesame Street and more....

#4
Standing Up, Falling Down

Standing Up, Falling Down

2020★ 6.3

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

An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs — and a tragically ...

#5
Can You Ever Forgive Me?

Can You Ever Forgive Me?

2018★ 6.8

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

When a bestselling celebrity biographer is no longer able to get published because she has fallen out of step with current tastes, she turns her art form to deception....

#6
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Failing Better Now for fans of Comedy. 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....

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