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10 Best Movies Like Their First Mistake

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

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#1
The Kid

The Kid

1921★ 8.1

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

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son....

#2
3 Men and a Baby

3 Men and a Baby

1987★ 6.2

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

Three bachelors find themselves forced to take care of a baby left by one of the guy's girlfriends....

#3
Life As We Know It

Life As We Know It

2010★ 6.9

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

After a disastrous first date for caterer Holly and network sports director Messer, all they have in common is a dislike for each other and their love for their goddaughter Sophie....

#4
Martian Child

Martian Child

2007★ 6.7

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

A recently-widowed science fiction writer considers whether to adopt a hyper-imaginative 6-year-old abandoned and socially-rejected boy who says he's really from Mars....

#5
Moonstruck

Moonstruck

1987★ 6.9

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

37-year-old Italian-American widow Loretta Castorini believes she is unlucky in love, and so accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend Johnny, even though she doesn't love him...

#6
Foster

Foster

2011★ 6.7

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

Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep....

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