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10 Best Movies Like The Smiths

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

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#1
Don Jon

Don Jon

2013★ 6.0

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

A New Jersey guy dedicated to his family, friends, and church, develops unrealistic expectations from watching porn and works to find happiness and intimacy with his potential true...

#2
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

2007★ 6.1

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

Firefighters Chuck Ford and Larry Valentine are guy's guys, loyal to the core—which is why when widower Larry asks Chuck to pose as his lover so that he can get domestic partner be...

#3
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

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

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

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

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#6
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...