Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Weeds

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

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#1
Who'll Stop the Rain

Who'll Stop the Rain

1978★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Weeds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

John, a disillusioned Vietnam War journalist, turns to heroin smuggling. He cons Ray, an equally burnt out veteran into delivering the drugs stateside to his wife. Everything soon ...

#2
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#3
Jack the Giant Slayer

Jack the Giant Slayer

2013★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Weeds for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the firs...

#4
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#5
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#6
Despicable Me

Despicable Me

2010★ 7.3

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

Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time sta...