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10 Best Movies Like The Good Life

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

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#1
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#2
Uncorked

Uncorked

2020★ 6.1

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

Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint....

#3
The Middle Man

The Middle Man

2021★ 6.1

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

Frank Farrelli takes on the job as a middle man in the God-forsaken town of Karmack, USA, a community in a depression so deep that they need a middle man to professionally communic...

#4
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

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

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#5
Barney's Version

Barney's Version

2010★ 7.0

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

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky....

#6
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

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