If You Liked Sweetie, Watch These Next
Finished Sweetie (1989) and want more of the same? These 20 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Sweetie, most of them are drama, comedy.
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20 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.The Adults(2023)
6.2DramaComedyAlso drama and comedy
Eric returns home for a short visit and finds himself caught between reuniting with his sisters and chasing a victory with his old poker group. As the trip extends, Eric finds it increasingly difficult to avoid confrontations and revelations as his carefully constructed façade of his adulthood gives way to old…
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3.Crimes of the Heart(1986)
6.1ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
Three sisters try to come to grips with the meaning of their mother's suicide.
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4.The Savages(2007)
6.9DramaComedyAlso drama and comedy
A sister and brother face the realities of familial responsibility as they begin to care for their ailing father.
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5.Our Idiot Brother(2011)
6.1ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
Everybody has one—the sibling who is always just a little bit behind the curve when it comes to getting his life together. For sisters Liz, Miranda and Natalie, that person is their perennially upbeat brother, Ned. But as each of their lives begins to unravel, Ned's family comes to realise that Ned isn't such an…
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7.The Edge of Seventeen(2016)
7.1ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
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8.Soul Food(1997)
6.3ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
Traditional Sunday dinners at Mama Joe's turn sour when sisters Teri, Bird and Maxine start bringing their problems to the dinner table in this ensemble comedy. When tragedy strikes, it's up to grandson Ahmad to pull the family together and put the soul back into the family's weekly gatherings.
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9.Love Streams(1984)
7.2DramaAlso drama
Two closely-bound, emotionally wounded siblings reunite after years apart.
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10.American Fiction(2023)
7.2ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
A novelist fed up with the establishment profiting from "Black" entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of hypocrisy and the madness he claims to disdain.
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11.Eve's Bayou(1997)
6.5DramaAlso drama
Summer heats up in rural Louisiana beside Eve’s Bayou, 1962, as the Batiste family tries to survive the secrets they’ve kept and the betrayals they’ve endured.
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12.Almost Friends(2017)
6.3DramaComedyAlso drama and comedy
A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become closer, the line between friendship and intimacy is blurred, and the situation forces both to examine…
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13.The Unforgivable(2021)
7.4DramaCrimeAlso drama
A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.
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14.Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood(2002)
6.0ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
In a sleepy Louisiana parish, a group of lifelong friends stage a rather unorthodox intervention to help a young playwright unravel the truth about her complicated mother and let go of her painful past.
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15.The Glass House(2001)
6.0DramaThrillerAlso drama
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
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16.What We Hide(2025)
6.4DramaThrillerMysteryAlso drama
After their mother suffers a fatal overdose, two sisters fear being separated by the foster system and decide to hide her body. But when their lie risks being exposed, they must decide how far they’re willing to go to keep their secret.
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17.The Good Neighbor(2022)
6.6ThrillerDramaAlso drama
A nightmarish evening unfolds for neighbors David and Robert when they accidentally hit a woman on her bike and flee the scene. While David is increasingly plagued by feelings of guilt, Robert shows no remorse and becomes overbearing and possessive.
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20.The Pretty One(2014)
6.1ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.
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