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10 Best Movies Like The Thursday

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

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#1
Little Miss Sunshine

Little Miss Sunshine

2006★ 7.7

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

A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant....

#2
ATL

ATL

2006★ 6.9

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

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskati...

#3
Roll Bounce

Roll Bounce

2005★ 6.8

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

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink....

#4
Tumbleweeds

Tumbleweeds

1999★ 6.4

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

Whenever trouble strikes in one of her relationships, single mother Mary Jo Walker and her daughter, Ava, pack up and move to another city, a routine Ava is tiring of. This time, t...

#5
The First Beautiful Thing

The First Beautiful Thing

2010★ 7.2

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

The film tells the story of the Michelucci family, from the nineteen-seventies to the present day: the central character is the stunningly beautiful Anna, the lively, frivolous and...

#6
Family Weekend

Family Weekend

2013★ 6.3

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

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition....

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