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10 Best Movies Like Stafford's Story

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

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#1
3 Generations

3 Generations

2016★ 6.4

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

A teenager transitions from female to male, and his family must come to terms with that fact....

#2
Shortbus

Shortbus

2006★ 6.3

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

In post-9/11 New York City, an eclectic group of citizens find their lives entangled, personally, romantically, and sexually, at Shortbus, an underground Brooklyn salon infamous fo...

#3
Better Than Chocolate

Better Than Chocolate

1999★ 6.0

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

Not long after moving into her own place, Maggie finds herself with two unsolicited roommates: her recently divorced mother, Lila, and her young brother. The timing is especially b...

#4
But I'm a Cheerleader

But I'm a Cheerleader

2000★ 7.0

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

Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her...

#5
Disclosure

Disclosure

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Stafford's Story for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

An investigation of how Hollywood's fabled stories have deeply influenced how Americans feel about transgender people, and how transgender people have been taught to feel about the...

#6
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001★ 7.5

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

Raised a boy in East Berlin, Hedwig undergoes a personal transformation in order to emigrate to the U.S., where she reinvents herself as an 'internationally ignored' but divinely t...

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