Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Smart People

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Smart People.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

2011★ 5.8

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

A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce....

#2
Sidewalks of New York

Sidewalks of New York

2001★ 6.0

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

The film follows the marital and dating lives of three men and three women who unknowingly form a tangled web of relationships. Interspersing "man on the street" interviews with sc...

#3
The Mirror Has Two Faces

The Mirror Has Two Faces

1996★ 6.7

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

Rose Morgan, who still lives with her mother, is a professor of Romantic Literature who desperately longs for passion in her life. Gregory Larkin, a mathematics professor, has been...

#4
Is This Thing On?

Is This Thing On?

2025★ 6.6

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

As their marriage quietly unravels, Alex faces middle age and an impending divorce, seeking new purpose in the New York comedy scene while Tess confronts the sacrifices she made fo...

#5
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010★ 5.9

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

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with ...

#6
Catch and Release

Catch and Release

2006★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smart People 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....

Advertisement