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10 Best Movies Like Roommates

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

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#1
And the Band Played On

And the Band Played On

1993★ 6.5

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

The story of the discovery of the AIDS epidemic and the political infighting of the scientific community hampering the early fight with it....

#2
Buddies

Buddies

1985★ 8.2

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

David, a naive graduate student, has volunteered to work as a 'buddy' for people dying of AIDS. Assigned to the intensely political Robert, a lifelong activist whose friends and fa...

#3
Cheaters

Cheaters

2000★ 6.3

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

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition....

#4
The Cure

The Cure

1995★ 7.9

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

Erik, a loner, finds a friend in Dexter, an eleven-year-old boy with AIDS. They vow to find a cure for AIDS together and save Dexter's life in an eventful summer....

#5
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

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

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#6
Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

Rebound: The Legend of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault

1996★ 7.2

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

A dramatization of the life of Earl 'The Goat' Manigault (Don Cheadle), with a lot of factual based occurrences. A reformed junkie returns from prison to clean up his act and devot...

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