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10 Best Movies Like Better Days Ahead

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

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#1
Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year

2013★ 6.8

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

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Ame...

#2
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Better Days Ahead 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
Iron Jawed Angels

Iron Jawed Angels

2004★ 6.8

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

Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote....

#4
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

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

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#5
Family Weekend

Family Weekend

2013★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Better Days Ahead 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....

#6
From Straight A's to XXX

From Straight A's to XXX

2017★ 5.8

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

When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox....

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