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10 Best Movies Like The Sweet and the Bitter

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

#1
Superhero Movie

Superhero Movie

2008★ 5.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweet and the Bitter for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Rick Riker is a nerdy teen imbued with superpowers by a radioactive dragonfly. And because every hero needs a nemesis, enter Lou Landers, aka the villainously goofy Hourglass....

#2
Leopardi

Leopardi

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweet and the Bitter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In 19th-century Italy, Giacomo Leopardi channels his debilitating illness and isolation into poetry....

#3
Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder

1959★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweet and the Bitter for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Semi-retired Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler takes the case of Army Lt. Manion, who murdered a local innkeeper after his wife claimed that he raped her. Over the course of an extensiv...

#4
In the Land of Women

In the Land of Women

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweet and the Bitter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of t...

#5
Insomnia

Insomnia

2002★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweet and the Bitter for fans of Crime & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two Los Angeles homicide detectives are dispatched to a northern town where the sun doesn't set to investigate the methodical murder of a local teen....

#6
American Pie

American Pie

1999★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Sweet and the Bitter for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. T...