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10 Best Movies Like When Life Was Good

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

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#1
Take This Waltz

Take This Waltz

2011★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Life Was Good for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Twenty-eight-year-old Margot is happily married to Lou, a good-natured cookbook author. But when Margot meets Daniel, a handsome artist who lives across the street, their mutual at...

#2
Sugar Daddy

Sugar Daddy

2021★ 6.4

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

When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabb...

#3
ATL

ATL

2006★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Life Was Good for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskati...

#4
The Human Voice

The Human Voice

2020★ 6.7

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

A woman watches time pass beside the suitcases of her ex-lover (who is supposed to come pick them up but never arrives) and a restless dog who doesn't understand that his master ha...

#5
The Hating Game

The Hating Game

2021★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Life Was Good for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Resolving to achieve professional success without compromising her ethics, Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry tha...

#6
Barney's Version

Barney's Version

2010★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When Life Was Good for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky....

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