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10 Best Movies Like Juke Joint

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

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#1
Dumplin'

Dumplin'

2018★ 6.8

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

To prove a point about measuring up and fitting in, Texas teen Willowdean “Dumplin’” Dickson enters a local pageant run by her ex-beauty queen mom....

#2
Miss Congeniality

Miss Congeniality

2000★ 6.5

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

When the local FBI office receives a letter from a terrorist known only as 'The Citizen', it's quickly determined that he's planning his next act at the Miss America beauty pageant...

#3
Drop Dead Gorgeous

Drop Dead Gorgeous

1999★ 6.5

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

In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions...

#4
Misbehaviour

Misbehaviour

2020★ 6.4

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

A group of women involved in the Women's Liberation Movement hatched a plan to invade the stage and disrupt the live broadcast at the 1970 Miss World competition in London, resulti...

#5
Paper Moon

Paper Moon

1973★ 7.9

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

During the Great Depression, a con man finds himself saddled with a young girl who may or may not be his daughter, and the two forge an unlikely partnership....

#6
Wise Blood

Wise Blood

1979★ 6.4

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

A Southerner--young, poor, ambitious but uneducated--determines to become something in the world. He decides that the best way to do that is to become a preacher and start up his o...

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