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10 Best Movies Like Risks + Side Effects

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

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#1
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

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

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

#2
Dreamgirls

Dreamgirls

2015★ 5.8

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

Parallel love stories of three young women in Berlin: Hannah - an unhappy attorney who sexually demeans herself in order to get at least some love and romance, Leni who runs a coff...

#3
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

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

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

#4
Duplex

Duplex

2003★ 6.1

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

When a young couple buys their dream home, they have no idea what the sweet little old lady upstairs is going to put them through!...

#5
Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

2016★ 7.3

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

Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee....

#6
Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics

Ricky Gervais Live 2: Politics

2004★ 6.9

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

A year after Animals, Ricky Gervais comes back with his second stand up comedy tour: Politics....

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