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10 Best Movies Like For Pete's Sake

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

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#1
Not Easily Broken

Not Easily Broken

2009★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Pete's Sake for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A car accident and shifting affections test the bond between a married couple....

#2
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Pete's Sake for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#3
Author! Author!

Author! Author!

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Pete's Sake for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A broadway playwright is burning the candle at both ends. He is dealing with pressure from a production nearing premiere, a wife who is leaving him, and 5 children 4 of which belon...

#4
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Pete's Sake for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#5
The Good House

The Good House

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Pete's Sake for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts to unravel as she rekindles an...

#6
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to For Pete's Sake for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - pr...

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