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10 Best Movies Like Waiting for Someone

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

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#1
Le Plaisir

Le Plaisir

1952★ 7.5

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

Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale...

#2
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#3
The Girl from Paris

The Girl from Paris

2001★ 6.4

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

A woman in her thirties gets tired of life in Paris and decides to leave and become a farmer....

#4
XX/XY

XX/XY

2002★ 5.8

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

Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later....

#5
Macadam Stories

Macadam Stories

2015★ 6.9

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

Improbable encounters bring tenderness, laughter and compassion to a world of urban alienation....

#6
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(Untitled)

2009★ 6.4

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

A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art....

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