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
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...

#2
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....

#3
Falling

Falling

2020★ 6.4

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

John Peterson lives with his partner Eric and their adopted daughter in Southern California. When he is visited by his aging father Willis from Los Angeles who is searching for a p...

#4
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....

#5
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...

#6
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...

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