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10 Best Movies Like Silver Linings Playbook

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

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#1
Manhattan

Manhattan

1979★ 7.7

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

Manhattan explores how the life of a middle-aged television writer dating a teenage girl is further complicated when he falls in love with his best friend's mistress....

#2
Revolutionary Road

Revolutionary Road

2008★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Silver Linings Playbook for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young couple living in a Connecticut suburb during the mid-1950s struggle to come to terms with their personal problems while trying to raise their two children. Based on a novel...

#3
Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine

2010★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Silver Linings Playbook for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dean and Cindy live a quiet life in a modest neighborhood. They appear to have the world at their feet at the outset of the relationship. However, his lack of ambition and her retr...

#4
About Last Night...

About Last Night...

1986★ 6.0

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

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends....

#5
Hello I Must Be Going

Hello I Must Be Going

2012★ 5.9

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

An affair with a 19-year old actor helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy after she moves home to her parents’ house following her divorce....

#6
Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes

2005★ 6.0

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

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, a...

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