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10 Best Movies Like Mo' Better Blues

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

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#1
Heart Condition

Heart Condition

1990★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mo' Better Blues for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Racist police officer Jack Moony has a vendetta against Napoleon Stone, a charismatic black lawyer who is sleeping with Jack's old flame Crystal Gerrity. Jack has a heart attack, b...

#2
Big Wednesday

Big Wednesday

1978★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mo' Better Blues for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Three 1960s California surfers fool around, drift apart and reunite years later to ride epic waves....

#3
A Rage in Harlem

A Rage in Harlem

1991★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mo' Better Blues for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A beautiful black gangster's moll flees to Harlem with a trunkload of gold after a shootout, unaware that the rest of the gang, and a few other unsavoury characters, are on her tra...

#4
Get on the Bus

Get on the Bus

1996★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mo' Better Blues for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Several Black men take a cross-country bus trip to attend the Million Man March in Washington, DC in 1995. On the bus are an eclectic set of characters including a laid-off aircraf...

#5
Interview

Interview

2003★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mo' Better Blues for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A middle-aged journalist interviews the real-life Dutch star Katja Schuurman, in her own loft. Pierre, the journalist is annoyed at being given such a fluffy assignment, as he is n...

#6
Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

2006★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mo' Better Blues for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist...