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10 Best Movies Like Lean In

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

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#1
Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

2025★ 6.5

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

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made fo...

#2
Hooking Up

Hooking Up

2020★ 6.3

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

Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addi...

#3
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lean In 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....

#4
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

#5
My Own Love Song

My Own Love Song

2010★ 6.2

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

A wheelchair-bound singer and her best friend embark on a roadtrip to Memphis....

#6
ATL

ATL

2006★ 6.9

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

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskati...

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