Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 17, 2026

10 Best Movies Like While You Were Away

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

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#1
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

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

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#2
Desperados

Desperados

2020★ 6.0

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

A panicked young woman and her two best friends fly to Mexico to delete a ranting email she sent to her new boyfriend. On arrival, they run into her former beau, who soon gets caug...

#3
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018★ 5.9

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

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - pr...

#4
Wicked Little Letters

Wicked Little Letters

2024★ 6.9

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

When the denizens of Littlehampton – including conservative Edith – begin receiving letters full of hilarious profanities, rowdy Irish migrant Rose is charged with the crime. Suspe...

#5
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

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

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

#6
Family Weekend

Family Weekend

2013★ 6.3

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

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition....

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