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10 Best Movies Like Manhattan

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

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#1
Unfaithful

Unfaithful

2002★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manhattan for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling....

#2
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Manhattan for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel...

#3
Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes

2005★ 6.0

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

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, a...

#4
Diary of a Mad Housewife

Diary of a Mad Housewife

1970★ 6.2

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

Tina Balser is a bored New York housewife-mother married to Jonathan, a pompous, social-climbing lawyer who ridicules her in front of their children, criticizing everything she doe...

#5
Heartburn

Heartburn

1986★ 6.0

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

She's a magazine writer who gives up her career for love and family. He's a playboy newspaper columnist who can't quite give up his old tricks. And if that combination doesn't give...

#6
How to Be Single

How to Be Single

2016★ 6.3

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

New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world ...

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