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10 Best Movies Like For Better Or Worse

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

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#1
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#2
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#3
The Pumpkin Eater

The Pumpkin Eater

1964★ 6.6

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

Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatib...

#4
Strange Weather

Strange Weather

2016★ 5.8

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

Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea....

#5
Effie Gray

Effie Gray

2014★ 5.9

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

A look at the mysterious relationship between Victorian art critic John Ruskin and his teenage bride Effie Gray....

#6
Tim

Tim

1979★ 6.2

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

Handsome but backward gardener Tim Melville has a new woman in his life. She is Mary, his widowed employer, a woman who had given up on love until she had found Tim. At first they ...

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