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10 Best Movies Like The Misfortunates

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

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#1
Juniper

Juniper

2021★ 6.5

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

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his lif...

#2
Trees Lounge

Trees Lounge

1996★ 6.9

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

Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets...

#3
Flodder

Flodder

1986★ 6.3

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

A low-class antisocial family ends up in a rich upper-class neighborhood and causes all sorts of trouble....

#4
Parenthood

Parenthood

1989★ 6.7

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

The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the famil...

#5
Lymelife

Lymelife

2008★ 6.1

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

A coming of age dramedy where infidelity, real estate, and Lyme disease have two families falling apart on Long Island in the early eighties. Scott, 15, is at the point in his life...

#6
As Cool as I Am

As Cool as I Am

2013★ 5.8

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

A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers....

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