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10 Best Movies Like We Only Live Once

If you loved We Only Live Once, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Mumford

Mumford

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Only Live Once for fans of Comedy & Romance & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quir...

#2
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 We Only Live Once for fans of Comedy & Romance & Drama. 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 ...

#3
L.A. Without a Map

L.A. Without a Map

1999★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Only Live Once for fans of Comedy & Romance & Drama. 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...

#4
Purple Violets

Purple Violets

2007★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Only Live Once for fans of Comedy & Romance & Drama. 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...

#5
The Elder Son

The Elder Son

2006★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Only Live Once for fans of Comedy & Romance & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A thief on the run convinces a single father that he is his long-lost son. Complications ensue when he falls in love with his newfound "sister"....

#6
He Said, She Said

He Said, She Said

1991★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to We Only Live Once for fans of Comedy & Romance & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing...

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