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10 Best Movies Like State and Main

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

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#1
Funny Farm

Funny Farm

1988★ 6.2

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

Sportswriter Andy Farmer moves with his schoolteacher wife Elizabeth to the country in order to write a novel in relative seclusion. Of course, seclusion is the last thing the Farm...

#2
Dogville

Dogville

2003★ 7.8

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

A woman on the run from the mob is reluctantly accepted in a small Colorado community in exchange for labor, but when a search visits the town, she learns that their support has a ...

#3
Peyton Place

Peyton Place

1957★ 6.8

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

In the outwardly respectable New England community of Peyton Place, shopkeeper Constance McKenzie tries to make up for a past indiscretion -- which resulted in her illegitimate dau...

#4
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

2022★ 6.5

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

This comical love story follows the story of A.J. Fikry, whose life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its...

#5
Housekeeping

Housekeeping

1987★ 6.5

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

In the Pacific Northwest during the 1950s, two young sisters whose mother has abandoned them wind up living with their Aunt Sylvie, whose views of the world and its conventions don...

#6
Pollyanna

Pollyanna

1960★ 7.0

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

A young girl comes to an embittered town and confronts its attitude with her determination to see the best in life....

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