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10 Best Movies Like The Likely Lads

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

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#1
Press for Time

Press for Time

1966★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Likely Lads for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Norman is quite happy selling newspapers outside Westminster station but his Grandfather (the Prime Minister) wants to get him "a more responsible job". A few favours are called in...

#2
Strange Object

Strange Object

2020★ 6.0

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

An archival investigation into the imperial image-making of the RAF ‘Z Unit’, which determined the destruction of human, animal and cultural life across Somaliland, as well as Afri...

#3
Bark

Bark

2024★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Likely Lads for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Gordon discovers that his girlfriend's dog isn't quite what she says it is....

#4
The Man from Nowhere

The Man from Nowhere

1937★ 6.8

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

Mathias Pascal, saddled with a stupid wife and a nagging mother-in-law, leaves home and is extremely lucky at several gambling resorts. He returns home and discovers that a drowned...

#5
Dear David

Dear David

2023★ 4.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Likely Lads for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Shortly after comic artist Adam responds to Internet trolls, he begins experiencing sleep paralysis. As he chronicles increasingly malevolent occurrences in a series of tweets, Ada...

#6
Opus

Opus

2025★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Likely Lads for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A young writer is invited to the remote compound of a legendary pop star who mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago. Surrounded by the star's cult of sycophants and intoxicated ...