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10 Best Movies Like Better Days

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

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#1
Ride Away

Ride Away

2025★ 7.1

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

From the Atlantic to the Black Sea, Mathias and Philippe, two old friends, embark on a bicycle journey that Mathias’s son made before his tragic death. The two men ride through the...

#2
Olla

Olla

2019★ 6.5

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

After answering an ad on a dating website for Eastern European women, Olla leaves Ukraine and heads to French suburbia to move in with Pierre, who lives with his elderly mother. Ho...

#3
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.7

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

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

#4
Family Weekend

Family Weekend

2013★ 6.3

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

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

#5
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

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

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#6
Juste une illusion

Juste une illusion

2026★ 7.3

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

1985. Vincent, almost 13, lives in the suburbs of Paris in a middle-class family, between a distant older brother and parents in constant conflict. Although he is no longer a child...

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