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10 Best Movies Like Now and Then

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

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#1
Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006★ 5.9

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

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends....

#2
Laggies

Laggies

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Now and Then 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...

#3
St. Elmo's Fire

St. Elmo's Fire

1985★ 6.1

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

Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist K...

#4
Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven

1986★ 6.0

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

Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Case...

#5
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2005★ 6.5

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

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fa...

#6
Friends with Kids

Friends with Kids

2012★ 6.0

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

In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" pa...

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