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10 Best Movies Like Tough Luck

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

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#1
Bad Seeds

Bad Seeds

2018★ 7.6

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

Wael, a former street child, makes a living from small scams with his adoptive mother and partner-in-crime Monique. When this unconventional duo swindles the wrong guy, Victor, an ...

#2
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

#3
Somewhere in Queens

Somewhere in Queens

2023★ 6.2

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

Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tea...

#4
The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

The Very Private Life of Mister Sim

2015★ 6.0

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

Mister Sim is of no concern whatsoever. At least, this is what he thinks about himself. His wife has left him, his job has left him, and when goes to see his father in a remote par...

#5
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

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

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#6
Jim's Story

Jim's Story

2024★ 6.9

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

Aymeric runs into Florence, a former coworker, one evening in Saint-Claude in the Haut-Jura. She is six months pregnant and single. When she gives birth to Jim, Aymeric is there. T...

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