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10 Best Movies Like Smilin' at Trouble

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

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#1
Inside I'm Dancing

Inside I'm Dancing

2004★ 7.4

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

Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed wh...

#2
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#3
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#4
The Padre

The Padre

2018★ 5.9

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

American retired Judge Randall Nemes and his hired gun, Gaspar, track down a con man posing as a priest in a small Colombian town only to be thrown off-course by a scrappy 16-year-...

#5
The Nest

The Nest

2020★ 6.1

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

Rory is an ambitious entrepreneur who brings his American wife and kids to his native country, England, to explore new business opportunities. After abandoning the sanctuary of the...

#6
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

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