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10 Best Movies Like The Probation Wife

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

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#1
In the Soup

In the Soup

1992★ 6.7

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

An aspiring young filmmaker gets involved with an eccentric gangster for the financing of his first film....

#2
Kodachrome

Kodachrome

2017★ 6.8

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

Matt Ryder is convinced to drive his estranged and dying father Benjamin Ryder cross country to deliver four old rolls of Kodachrome film to the last lab in the world that can deve...

#3
Better Start Running

Better Start Running

2018★ 5.9

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

An eclectic band of misfits becomes an unlikely family as they take a wild journey in the name of love while on the run from an overzealous FBI duo who want them dead or alive - pr...

#4
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#5
Be Kind Rewind

Be Kind Rewind

2008★ 6.3

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

A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs o...

#6
The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019★ 6.8

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

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school....

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