Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 13, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Stand-Up

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

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#1
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

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

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#2
Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

2025★ 6.5

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

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made fo...

#3
Hooking Up

Hooking Up

2020★ 6.3

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

Bailey and Darla embark upon a misguided and mutually deceitful form of therapy, one in which they must drive across the country, re-enacting Darla's colorful history as a sex addi...

#4
Somewhere in Queens

Somewhere in Queens

2023★ 6.2

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

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tea...

#5
Standing Up, Falling Down

Standing Up, Falling Down

2020★ 6.3

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

An unlikely friendship kindles between a struggling stand-up comedian from L.A. — forced to move back home to Eastern Long Island with his tail between his legs — and a tragically ...

#6
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

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