Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Beginners

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

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#1
Nothing in Common

Nothing in Common

1986★ 5.9

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

A successful advertising executive finds his freewheeling life crashing to a halt when his parents end their longtime marriage....

#2
Elena Undone

Elena Undone

2010★ 6.9

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

The wife of a pastor who preaches against homosexuality embarks on an affair with a female writer....

#3
Make the Yuletide Gay

Make the Yuletide Gay

2009★ 6.2

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

The holidays get overly festive as Olaf "Gunn" Gunnunderson, an out-and-proud gay college student, crawls back into the closet to survive the holidays with his parents. But when hi...

#4
The Bachelors

The Bachelors

2017★ 7.0

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

After the early death of his wife, a mourning father moves with his teenage son across the country for a private school teaching job. Their lives begin to transform due to two uniq...

#5
Dad

Dad

1989★ 6.4

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

A busy executive learns during a meeting that his mother may be dying and rushes home to her side. He ends up being his father's caretaker and becomes closer to him than ever befor...

#6
We Live in Time

We Live in Time

2024★ 7.2

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

An up-and-coming chef and a recent divorcée find their lives forever changed when a chance encounter brings them together, in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance....

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