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10 Best Movies Like Desperate Living

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

#1
Female Trouble

Female Trouble

1974★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desperate Living for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair....

#2
Polyester

Polyester

1981★ 7.0

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

Blessed with a keen sense of smell and cursed with a philandering pornographer husband, a parasitic mother, and a pair of delinquent children, the long-suffering Francine Fishpaw t...

#3
Desperately Seeking Susan

Desperately Seeking Susan

1985★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desperate Living for fans of Comedy & Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A bored New Jersey suburban housewife's fascination with a free-spirited woman she has read about in the personal columns leads to her being mistaken for the woman herself and into...

#4
Divine Trash

Divine Trash

2000★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desperate Living for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The life and times of Baltimore film maker and midnight movie pioneer, John Waters....

#5
Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

Captain Kronos: Vampire Hunter

1973★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desperate Living for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

When several young girls are found dead, left hideously aged and void of blood, Dr. Marcus suspects vampirism. He enlists the help of the Vampire Hunter. Mysterious and powerful, K...

#6
Desperate Measures

Desperate Measures

1998★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Desperate Living for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

San Francisco police officer Frank Connor is in a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor for his gravely ill son. There's only one catch the potential donor is convicted...