Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 10, 2026

10 Best Movies Like What a Life

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

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#1
Sometimes Always Never

Sometimes Always Never

2019★ 6.4

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

Alan is a stylish tailor with moves as sharp as his suits. He has spent years searching tirelessly for his missing son Michael who stormed out over a game of Scrabble. With a body ...

#2
Where the Money Is

Where the Money Is

2000★ 6.0

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

Henry Manning has come up with a new way to break out of prison: fake a stroke and get transferred to a nursing home. It's a perfect plan, except for one thing: the woman assigned ...

#3
Rookie of the Year

Rookie of the Year

1993★ 6.2

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

12-year-old Henry Rowengartner, whose late father was a minor league baseball player, grew up dreaming of playing baseball, despite his physical shortcomings. After Henry's arm is ...

#4
Chang Can Dunk

Chang Can Dunk

2023★ 6.7

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

Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress...

#5
Best Man Down

Best Man Down

2012★ 6.7

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

A newlywed couple cancels their honeymoon and returns to the snowy Midwest to make the funeral arrangements for their best man, who died unexpectedly after their ceremony....

#6
The Twelve Chairs

The Twelve Chairs

1970★ 6.3

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

In 1920s Soviet Russia, a fallen aristocrat, a priest and a con artist search for a treasure of jewels hidden inside one of twelve dining chairs, lost during the revolution....

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