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10 Best Movies Like Mack & Rita

If you loved Mack & Rita, 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 Mack & Rita for fans of Comedy & Drama. 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
St. Vincent

St. Vincent

2014★ 7.1

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

A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door....

#3
Our Souls at Night

Our Souls at Night

2017★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mack & Rita for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a co...

#4
Ruby Sparks

Ruby Sparks

2012★ 7.1

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

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrou...

#5
Laggies

Laggies

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mack & Rita for fans of Comedy & Drama. 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...

#6
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011★ 5.8

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

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce....

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