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10 Best Movies Like Idle Thoughts

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

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#1
Jack Goes Boating

Jack Goes Boating

2010★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Idle Thoughts 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....

#2
Enemies, a Love Story

Enemies, a Love Story

1989★ 6.2

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

A ghostwriter finds himself romantically involved with his current wife, a married woman and his long-vanished wife....

#3
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

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

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

#4
Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

2001★ 6.0

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

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with sc...

#5
How to Please a Woman

How to Please a Woman

2022★ 6.3

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

When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself....

#6
Cyrus

Cyrus

2010★ 5.9

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

With John's social life at a standstill and his ex-wife about to get remarried, a down on his luck divorcée finally meets the woman of his dreams, only to discover she has another ...

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