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Movies Like A Sad State Of Affairs

If you liked A Sad State Of Affairs (2013), a movie directed by Matthew A. Lanoue, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1The Choice

    The Choice (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Travis and Gabby first meet as neighbors in a small coastal town and wind up in a relationship that is tested by life's most defining events.

  2. 2The Best of Me

    The Best of Me (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

  3. 3The Adjustment Bureau

    The Adjustment Bureau (2011)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A man glimpses the future Fate has planned for him – and chooses to fight for his own destiny. Battling the powerful Adjustment Bureau across, under and through the streets of New York, he risks his destined greatness…

  4. 4Born Yesterday

    Born Yesterday (1950)

    ★ 7.3/10

    Uncouth, loud-mouth junkyard tycoon Harry Brock descends upon Washington D.C. to buy himself a congressman or two, bringing with him his mistress, ex-showgirl Billie Dawn.

  5. 5Emma.

    Emma. (2020)

    ★ 7/10

    In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends.

  6. 6Same Time, Next Year

    Same Time, Next Year (1978)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A man and woman meet by chance at a romantic inn over dinner and, although both are happily married to others, they find themselves in the same bed the next morning questioning how this could have happened. They agree…

  7. 75 to 7

    5 to 7 (2014)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A young writer begins an affair with an older woman from France whose open marriage to a diplomat dictates that they can meet only between the hours of 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.

  8. 8How to Be Single

    How to Be Single (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10

    New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions…

  9. 9The Lost Husband

    The Lost Husband (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Trying to put her life back together after the death of her husband, Libby and her children move to her estranged Aunt's goat farm in central Texas.

  10. 10Bad Sister

    Bad Sister (2015)

    ★ 6.6/10

    As a top student at St. Adeline's Catholic Boarding School, Zoe senses that something is not quite right about the school's new nun-- a sense proven to be true when it is revealed the "good' nun is an imposter with a…

  11. 11Watching the Detectives

    Watching the Detectives (2007)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets…

  12. 12St. Elmo's Fire

    St. Elmo's Fire (1985)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Reluctant to let go of college life, a close-knit team of seven friends--irresponsible saxophone player Billy, young Republican Alec, his girlfriend Leslie, struggling journalist Kevin, drama queen Jules, lovesick…

  13. 13The Age of Innocence

    The Age of Innocence (1993)

    ★ 7/10

    In 19th century New York high society, a young lawyer falls in love with a woman separated from her husband, while he is engaged to the woman's cousin.

  14. 14Romance & Cigarettes

    Romance & Cigarettes (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval…

  15. 15Coyote Ugly

    Coyote Ugly (2000)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Graced with a velvet voice, 21-year-old Violet Sanford heads to New York to pursue her dream of becoming a songwriter only to find her aspirations sidelined by the accolades and notoriety she receives at her "day" job…

  16. 16Dirty Sexy Saint

    Dirty Sexy Saint (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Clay Kincaid hates the nickname 'Saint', he got for being too kind to stray animals and desperate people. Especially when it comes to women. With a rough and damaged past that has left him jaded, he doesn't do…

  17. 17Love & Friendship

    Love & Friendship (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10

    From Jane Austen’s novella, the beautiful and cunning Lady Susan Vernon visits the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors of her dalliances and to find husbands for herself and her daughter. Two young men…

  18. 18Reality Bites

    Reality Bites (1994)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A small circle of friends suffering from post-collegiate blues must confront the hard truth about life, love and the pursuit of gainful employment. As they struggle to map out survival guides for the future, the Gen-X…

  19. 19The Distinguished Gentleman

    The Distinguished Gentleman (1992)

    ★ 6/10

    A Florida con man uses the recent death of the long time Congressman from his district, who he just happens to share a last name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, the U.S. Congress, where the money flows…

  20. 20Our Kind of Traitor

    Our Kind of Traitor (2016)

    ★ 6/10

    A young Oxford academic and his attorney girlfriend holiday in Morocco. They bump into a Russian millionaire who owns a peninsula and a diamond watch. He wants a game of tennis. What else he wants propels the lovers on…

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