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10 Best Movies Like Coal Tower

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

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#1
Small Apartments

Small Apartments

2012★ 5.8

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

When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved br...

#2
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#3
The Substitute

The Substitute

1996★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Coal Tower for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When an inner-city Miami schoolteacher gets her knee broken after standing up to the school's gang leader, her mercenary combat specialist boyfriend goes undercover as a substitute...

#4
War Dogs

War Dogs

2016★ 6.9

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

Based on the true story of two young men, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, who won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to arm America's allies in Afghanistan....

#5
Gringo

Gringo

2018★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Coal Tower for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An American businessman with a stake in a pharmaceutical company that's about to go public finds his life is thrown into turmoil by an incident in Mexico....

#6
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Coal Tower for fans of Drama & Comedy. 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....

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