Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Simple Simon

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

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#1
Benny & Joon

Benny & Joon

1993★ 7.0

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

A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton....

#2
The Other Sister

The Other Sister

1999★ 6.3

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

A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college....

#3
Mozart and the Whale

Mozart and the Whale

2005★ 6.1

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

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship....

#4
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#5
My Blind Brother

My Blind Brother

2016★ 5.9

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

Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way....

#6
The Edge of Seventeen

The Edge of Seventeen

2016★ 7.2

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

Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis....

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