Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Midlife

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

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#1
Everything Must Go

Everything Must Go

2011★ 6.2

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

When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his ret...

#2
Adam

Adam

2020★ 6.4

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

A hard-living salesman becomes a quadriplegic after an accident....

#3
Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2018★ 7.6

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

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to metha...

#4
Clean and Sober

Clean and Sober

1988★ 6.3

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

Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into ...

#5
The Spectacular Now

The Spectacular Now

2013★ 6.7

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

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her...

#6
The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend

1945★ 7.6

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

Longtime alcoholic Don Birnam has been sober for ten days and appears to be over the worst... but his craving has just become more insidious. Evading a country weekend planned by h...

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