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10 Best Movies Like Side Effects

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

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#1
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

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

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

#2
Just Before I Go

Just Before I Go

2015★ 6.4

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

Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decid...

#3
Modern Romance

Modern Romance

1981★ 6.8

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

A film editor breaks up with his girlfriend, unsure if he is in love....

#4
Jesus' Son

Jesus' Son

2000★ 6.2

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

A young man turns from drug addiction and petty crime to a life redeemed by a discovery of compassion....

#5
Crazy People

Crazy People

1990★ 5.9

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

A bitter ad executive, who has reached his breaking point, finds himself in a mental institution, where his career actually begins to thrive with the help of the hospital's patient...

#6
He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

1991★ 5.9

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

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing...

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