Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like This Modern Age

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

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#1
Anywhere but Here

Anywhere but Here

1999★ 6.1

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

Single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy Leagu...

#2
The Women

The Women

1939★ 7.1

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

A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays....

#3
Lady for a Day

Lady for a Day

1933★ 7.0

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

Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe tha...

#4
Merrily We Go to Hell

Merrily We Go to Hell

1932★ 6.4

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

A drunken newspaperman, Jerry Corbett, is rescued from his alcoholic haze by an heiress, Joan Prentice, whose love sobers him up and encourages him to write a play, but he lapses b...

#5
Pocketful of Miracles

Pocketful of Miracles

1961★ 7.3

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

A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty....

#6
Just My Luck

Just My Luck

2006★ 6.2

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

Manhattanite Ashley is known to many as the luckiest woman around. After a chance encounter with a down-and-out young man, however, she realizes that she's swapped her fortune for ...

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