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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
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 ...

#5
Strictly Sexual

Strictly Sexual

2008★ 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.

Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes....

#6
The Best You Can

The Best You Can

2025★ 7.0

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

Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, ...

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