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10 Best Movies Like Thunder in the City

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

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#1
Easy Virtue

Easy Virtue

2008★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thunder in the City for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness...

#2
Purple Violets

Purple Violets

2007★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thunder in the City for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Patti Petalson is a promising writer, but her marriage and conventional job keep her from her dream. She longs to return to her writing, especially after running into her first lov...

#3
Love Sarah

Love Sarah

2020★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thunder in the City for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma....

#4
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thunder in the City for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with ...

#5
L.A. Without a Map

L.A. Without a Map

1999★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thunder in the City for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An aspiring Hollywood actress, on a visit to a charming North England town, has a brief fling with the town undertaker, who also writes obituaries for the local paper. Returning ho...

#6
Hitch

Hitch

2005★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thunder in the City for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dating coach Alex 'Hitch' Hitchens mentors a bumbling client, Albert, who hopes to win the heart of the glamorous Allegra Cole. While Albert makes progress, Hitch faces his own rom...

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