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10 Best Movies Like 48 Shades

If you loved 48 Shades, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Class Act

Class Act

1992โ€ขโ˜… 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 48 Shades for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of ...

#2
Landline

Landline

2017โ€ขโ˜… 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 48 Shades for fans of Comedy & Drama. 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....

#3
Mickybo and Me

Mickybo and Me

2005โ€ขโ˜… 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 48 Shades for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The film tells the story of two boys who become friends at the start of the Troubles in 1970. The boys share an obsession with Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, with the conseque...

#4
About Alex

About Alex

2014โ€ขโ˜… 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 48 Shades for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a group of old college friends reunite over a long weekend after one of them attempts suicide, old crushes and resentments shine light on their life decisions, and ultimately ...

#5
Fat Kid Rules The World

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012โ€ขโ˜… 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 48 Shades for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band....

#6
Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

2006โ€ขโ˜… 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to 48 Shades for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must a...

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