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10 Best Movies Like Broken Gardenias

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

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#1
Transamerica

Transamerica

2005★ 7.0

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

A transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she had a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York....

#2
Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating

2010★ 6.0

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

A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples....

#3
Try Seventeen

Try Seventeen

2002★ 6.2

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

Teenager Jones has opted not to go to college and is instead renting a room in a boarding house to work on his writing skills. Soon, Jones finds himself dividing his time between t...

#4
Boys on the Side

Boys on the Side

1995★ 6.4

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

After breaking up with her girlfriend, a nightclub singer, Jane, answers a personal ad from Robin, a real estate agent with AIDS, seeking a cross-country travel partner. On their j...

#5
Irreplaceable You

Irreplaceable You

2018★ 6.9

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

A stunning cancer diagnosis spurs Abbie to seek a future girlfriend for fiancé and childhood sweetheart Sam, who's clueless when it comes to dating....

#6
The Elder Son

The Elder Son

2006★ 6.0

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

A thief on the run convinces a single father that he is his long-lost son. Complications ensue when he falls in love with his newfound "sister"....

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