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10 Best Movies Like The Next Shift

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

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#1
After

After

2019★ 7.1

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

Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when...

#2
After Ever Happy

After Ever Happy

2022★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Next Shift for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the two lovers discover they are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was wh...

#3
John Tucker Must Die

John Tucker Must Die

2006★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Next Shift for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and c...

#4
Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

2006★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Next Shift for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must a...

#5
The Parts You Lose

The Parts You Lose

2019★ 6.7

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

An unlikely friendship unfolds between a young deaf boy, Wesley, and a fugitive criminal who takes refuge in an abandoned barn on the family’s rural North Dakota farm....

#6
The Kissing Booth

The Kissing Booth

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Next Shift for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend....

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