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10 Best Movies Like Waitress!

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

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#1
The Toxic Avenger

The Toxic Avenger

1984★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waitress! for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A gang of thugs devise a cruel hoax that goes horribly wrong as Melvin, a nerdy emaciated janitor at the local health club, is cast through a third story window into a vat of hazar...

#2
Waiting for Guffman

Waiting for Guffman

1996★ 7.0

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

Aspiring director Corky St. Clair and the marginally talented amateur cast of his hokey small-town musical production go overboard when they learn that Broadway theater agent Mort ...

#3
Heartbreakers

Heartbreakers

1984★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waitress! for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Blue, a yet-to-be discovered painter, is left by his longtime girlfriend because she considers him too immature for a lasting relationship. Eli, Blue's best friend, works for his f...

#4
The First Turn-On!!

The First Turn-On!!

1983★ 3.9

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

A group of teenage summer campers and one counselor share the stories of their first sexual experiences when an avalanche traps them in a cave......

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waitress! for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Waitress! for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....