Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Surviving Lunch

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

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#1
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#2
The Tracey Fragments

The Tracey Fragments

2007★ 6.0

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

Tracey Berkowitz, 15, a self-described normal girl, loses her 9-year old brother, Sonny. In flashbacks and fragments, we meet her overbearing parents and the sweet, clueless Sonny....

#3
Sky

Sky

2015★ 6.2

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

A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband....

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#5
A Dry White Season

A Dry White Season

1989★ 6.6

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

During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody....

#6
Herself

Herself

2020★ 6.7

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

Struggling to provide her daughters with a safe, happy home, Sandra decides to build one - from scratch. Using all her ingenuity to make her ambitious dream a reality, Sandra draws...

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