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10 Best Movies Like Mashed Potatoes

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

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#1
Friends with Kids

Friends with Kids

2012★ 6.0

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

In the wake of their friends' marriages and eventual offspring, longtime pals Julie and Jason decide to have a child together without becoming a couple. By becoming "time-share" pa...

#2
A Journal for Jordan

A Journal for Jordan

2021★ 7.0

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

Based on the true story of First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, a soldier deployed to Iraq begins to keep a journal of love and advice for his infant son. Back at home, senior New Y...

#3
Band Aid

Band Aid

2017★ 6.3

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

A couple who can't stop fighting embark on a last-ditch effort to save their marriage: turning their fights into songs and starting a band....

#4
What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023★ 6.0

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

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged ...

#5
Keeping the Faith

Keeping the Faith

2000★ 6.1

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

Best friends since they were kids, Rabbi Jacob Schram and Father Brian Finn are dynamic and popular young men living and working on New York's Upper West Side. When Anna Reilly, on...

#6
Worth

Worth

2021★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mashed Potatoes for fans of History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kenneth Feinberg, a powerful D.C. lawyer appointed Special Master of the 9/11 Fund, fights off the cynicism, bureaucracy, and politics associated with administering government fund...

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