If you loved 50/50, try The Wackness

A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. The Wackness has roughly 13.2× fewer votes than 50/50 — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.

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50/50

2011 · dir. Jonathan Levine

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The Wackness

2008 · dir. Jonathan Levine

What they share

Both films are directed by Jonathan Levine, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to 50/50, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.

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What The Wackness is

It figures a psychiatrist would need therapy too. A teenage drug dealer trades pot for sessions with a troubled doctor. The doctor's daughter becomes a complicated crush.

If you loved 50/50, try The Wackness

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The Wackness

What they share

What The Wackness is

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