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10 Best Movies Like Modern Times

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

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#1
City Lights

City Lights

1931★ 8.3

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

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor....

#2
Still Breathing

Still Breathing

1997★ 6.5

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

Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsesse...

#3
The Kid

The Kid

1921★ 8.1

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

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son....

#4
Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006★ 5.9

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

For a grieving fiancée, learning to love again requires the help of her late love's three best friends....

#5
The Wrong Trousers

The Wrong Trousers

1993★ 7.8

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

Wallace rents out Gromit's former bedroom to a penguin, who takes up an interest in the techno trousers created by Wallace. However, Gromit later learns that the penguin is a wante...

#6
Bringing Up Baby

Bringing Up Baby

1938★ 7.5

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

David Huxley is waiting to get a bone he needs for his museum collection. Through a series of strange circumstances, he meets Susan Vance, and the duo have a series of misadventure...

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