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10 Best Movies Like Shade

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

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#1
Avenging Angelo

Avenging Angelo

2002★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shade for fans of Action & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A woman who has recently discovered that she is the daughter of Angelo, a major mafia boss, decides to wreak vengeance when he is killed by a hitman. She's aided by his faithful bo...

#2
Head in the Clouds

Head in the Clouds

2004★ 5.9

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

Gilda Bessé shares her Paris apartment with an Irish schoolteacher, Guy Malyon, and Mia, a refugee from Spain. As the world drifts toward war, Gilda defiantly pursues her hedonisti...

#3
Cockles and Muscles

Cockles and Muscles

2005★ 5.8

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

Crustacés et coquillages is a fresh French comedy film with numerous surprise turnarounds and about the tolerance of a family of four. The family spend an idealistic summer vacatio...

#4
Ringmaster

Ringmaster

1998★ 4.1

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

Jerry Springer stars as more or less himself, the host of a raunchy, controversial and popular Los Angeles talk show which features everyday people with problems and who frequently...

#5
Rhinestone

Rhinestone

1984★ 4.8

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

After a big-time country singer brags that she can turn anybody in to a country-singin' star, she's out to prove she can live up to her talk when she recruits a cab-driver as a cou...

#6
The Escort

The Escort

2015★ 6.0

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

Desperate for a good story, a sex-addicted journalist throws himself into the world of high-class escorts when he starts following a Stanford-educated prostitute....