Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like How to Be

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

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#1
Best Man Down

Best Man Down

2012★ 6.7

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

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony....

#2
Class Act

Class Act

1992★ 6.2

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

Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of ...

#3
It Runs in the Family

It Runs in the Family

2003★ 6.0

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

This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile...

#4
A Dog Year

A Dog Year

2009★ 6.2

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

Jon Katz is close to burnout. He's a writer with writer's block; his wife has left for her sister's because he's emotionally distant; he rarely answers his phone. A kennel sends hi...

#5
Where the Money Is

Where the Money Is

2000★ 6.0

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

Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned ...

#6
Things Change

Things Change

1988★ 6.1

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

Jerry, a misfit Mafia henchman, is assigned the low-level job of keeping an eye on Gino, a shoe repairman fingered by the Mob to confess to a murder he didn't commit. But Gino's mi...

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