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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
Albatross

Albatross

2011★ 6.0

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

Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating co...

#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 Wackness

The Wackness

2008★ 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.

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. ...

#6
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...

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