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10 Best Movies Like Times Have Been Better

If you loved Times Have Been Better, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
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1983‱★ 5.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Times Have Been Better for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Four young recruits about to be sent to Vietnam confront their prejudicial feelings toward one another when it's learned one of them is gay....

#2
Six: Inside

Six: Inside

2009‱★ 8.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Times Have Been Better for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Delves deep into the anxiety, thrill and uncertainty of six aspiring animation artists as they are plunged into the twelve-week trial-by-fire that is the NFB's Hothouse for animati...

#3
Hey Qween - Holigay Special

Hey Qween - Holigay Special

‱★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Times Have Been Better for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Let’s get SICK’NING for the Holidays! RuPaul’s Drag Race legend Laganja Estanja is here for Hey Qween’s Very Green Christmas Special!...

#4
The United Monster Talent Agency

The United Monster Talent Agency

2010‱★ 9.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Times Have Been Better for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A short comedy spoof about Universal Monsters and their everyday unconventional work done at their very own talent agency for their movies....

#5
The Peasants

The Peasants

1939‱★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Times Have Been Better for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A historical revolutionary film depicting the struggle of peasants and the Baku proletariat against landowners and Musavatists in 1919....

#6
Quantum Is Calling

Quantum Is Calling

2016‱★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Times Have Been Better for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Zoe Saldana enlists the help of Stephen Hawking to solve a quantum riddle in order to get Simon Pegg’s cat back. This follows Paul Rudd’s epic quantum chess match with Stephen Hawk...