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10 Best Movies Like The Grass Is Greener

If you loved The Grass Is Greener, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

2001★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Grass Is Greener 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...

#2
Sylvia Scarlett

Sylvia Scarlett

1935★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Grass Is Greener for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When her father decides to flee to England, young Sylvia Scarlett must become Sylvester Scarlett and protect her father every step of the way, with the questionable help of plenty ...

#3
Calamity Jane

Calamity Jane

1953★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Grass Is Greener for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way....

#4
The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

1990★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Grass Is Greener for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a dystopian, polluted right-wing religious tyranny, a young woman is put in sexual slavery on account of her now rare fertility....

#5
Lawman

Lawman

1971★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Grass Is Greener for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

While passing through the town of Bannock, a bunch of drunken cattlemen go overboard with their celebrating and accidentally kill an old man with a stray shot. They return home to ...

#6
H Is for Harry

H Is for Harry

2018★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Grass Is Greener for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A coming of age story about Harry, a charismatic 11-year old boy, who arrives at secondary school in suburban London unable to read or write. With the help of Sophie, his extremely...