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10 Best Movies Like The Waiting List

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

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#1
Adventures in Public School

Adventures in Public School

2018★ 6.3

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

A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes....

#2
The Trouble with Angels

The Trouble with Angels

1966★ 6.7

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

Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pra...

#3
Strike!

Strike!

1998★ 6.3

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

In 1963 New England, a group of friends at an all-girls academy learn that they're going to be combined with a nearby all-boys institution. They concoct a plan to save their school...

#4
The Ladies Man

The Ladies Man

1961★ 6.3

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

After his girl leaves him for someone else, Herbert gets really depressed and starts searching for a job. He finally finds one in a big house which is inhabited by many, many women...

#5
Problem Child 2

Problem Child 2

1991★ 5.9

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

Junior and his father, Ben, move from Cold River to Mortville. Junior becomes threatened by Ben's desire to date again and find a new mother for Junior, and sabotages each of his d...

#6
A Kid Like Jake

A Kid Like Jake

2018★ 6.0

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

On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake's preschool encourages them t...

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