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10 Best Movies Like Lonesome Jim

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

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#1
Venus

Venus

2006★ 6.6

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

Maurice is an aging veteran actor who becomes taken with Jessie, the grandniece of his closest friend. When Maurice tries to soften the petulant and provincial young girl with the ...

#2
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

The Private Lives of Pippa Lee

2009★ 5.9

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

After her much older husband forces a move to a suburban retirement community, Pippa Lee engages in a period of reflection and finds herself heading toward a quiet nervous breakdow...

#3
Jersey Girl

Jersey Girl

2004★ 6.2

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

Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single f...

#4
In the Land of Women

In the Land of Women

2007★ 5.9

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

After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of t...

#5
Young Adult

Young Adult

2011★ 5.8

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

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family....

#6
Laggies

Laggies

2014★ 6.1

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

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think abou...

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