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10 Best Movies Like Self Defense

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

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#1
Themroc

Themroc

1973★ 6.5

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

Themroc, a bachelor house painter living at home with his mother, leads a sad and colorless life. One day, after a run-in with his boss, he rebels. He wrecks his apartment, rejects...

#2
It Boy

It Boy

2013★ 6.5

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

38-year-old Alice has everything to become the next editor-in-chief of Rebelle magazine except for her uptight image. But when the young and charming Balthazar, barely 20, crosses ...

#3
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

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

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#4
Babes

Babes

2024★ 5.9

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

After getting pregnant from a one-night stand, a single woman leans on her married best friend and mother of two to guide her through gestation and beyond....

#5
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

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

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

#6
Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990★ 6.3

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

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him....

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