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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
My Girl

My Girl

1991★ 7.4

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

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the su...

#2
I'll See You in My Dreams

I'll See You in My Dreams

2015★ 6.3

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

A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in...

#3
Paterson

Paterson

2016★ 7.1

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

A week in the life of Paterson, a poet bus driver, and his wife Laura, a very creative artist, who live in Paterson, New Jersey, hometown of many famous poets and artists....

#4
Boys and Girls

Boys and Girls

2000★ 5.9

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

Ryan and Jennifer are opposites who definitely do not attract. At least that's what they always believed. When they met as twelve-year-olds, they disliked one another. When they me...

#5
The Way Way Back

The Way Way Back

2013★ 7.1

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

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected ...

#6
Sydney White

Sydney White

2007★ 6.5

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

College freshman Sydney White arrives at Southern Atlantic University, determined to pledge her late mother's sorority. Unfortunately, she finds that the sisterhood has changed sin...

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