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10 Best Movies Like The Big Chill

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

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#1
The Upside of Anger

The Upside of Anger

2005★ 6.3

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

After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking bud...

#2
Mr. Church

Mr. Church

2016★ 7.4

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

A unique friendship develops when a little girl and her dying mother inherit a cook - Mr. Church. What begins as an arrangement that should only last six months, instead spans fift...

#3
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007★ 6.9

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

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death....

#4
Things We Lost in the Fire

Things We Lost in the Fire

2007★ 6.6

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

A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their ...

#5
Beaches

Beaches

1988★ 6.7

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

A privileged rich debutante and a cynical struggling entertainer share a turbulent, but strong childhood friendship over the years....

#6
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

1958★ 7.6

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

An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous acc...

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