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Movies Like The Curiosity of Chance

If you liked The Curiosity of Chance (2006), a comedy and drama movie directed by Russell P. Marleau, 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. 1Everybody's Talking About Jamie

    Everybody's Talking About Jamie (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    Jamie New is 16 and doesn’t quite fit in—instead of pursuing a "real" career he dreams of becoming a drag queen. Uncertain about his future, Jamie knows one thing for sure: he is going to be a sensation. Supported by…

  2. 2To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar

    To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything! Julie Newmar (1995)

    ★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama

    Veteran drag queens Vida Boheme and Noxeema Jackson take novice Chi-Chi Rodriguez under their wing on a madcap road trip across the country to compete in the Drag Queen of America pageant in Los Angeles.

  3. 3Hurricane Bianca

    Hurricane Bianca (2016)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    A teacher from New York moves to a small town in Texas, gets fired for being gay, and returns disguised in drag to get revenge on the people who were nasty to him.

  4. 4Kinky Boots: The Musical

    Kinky Boots: The Musical (2019)

    ★ 7.8/10Also comedy and drama

    Charlie Price is a shoe factory owner struggling to save his family business, and Lola is a fabulous entertainer with a wildly exciting idea. With a little compassion and a lot of understanding, this unexpected pair…

  5. 5The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert

    The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama and comedy

    Two drag performers and a transgender woman travel across the desert to perform their unique style of cabaret.

  6. 6Freak Show

    Freak Show (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    The story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.

  7. 7The Breakfast Club

    The Breakfast Club (1985)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the…

  8. 8Any Day Now

    Any Day Now (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangement is discovered by authorities, the…

  9. 9Connie and Carla

    Connie and Carla (2004)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    After accidentally witnessing a mafia hit in the Windy City, gal pals Connie and Carla skip town for L.A., where they go way undercover as singers working the city's dinner theater circuit ... disguised as drag queens…

  10. 10Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil

    Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends.

  11. 11Class Act

    Class Act (1992)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Duncan is a genius straight A student, Blade is ajuvenile delinquent. But because of a mix up with their school records, everyone thinks each is the other one. Now, Duncan kind of likes the attention from being thought…

  12. 12Booksmart

    Booksmart (2019)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to…

  13. 13Incoming

    Incoming (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy

    Their first week of high school. The biggest party of the year. Mistakes will be made as four teenage boys navigate a night of mayhem and debauchery.

  14. 14The Wild Life

    The Wild Life (1984)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.

  15. 15Female Trouble

    Female Trouble (1976)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy

    Teenage delinquent Dawn Davenport, incensed after her parents do not give her the cha-cha heels she wanted for Christmas, runs away from home. After an illegitimate child and hairstylist husband bring her more misery…

  16. 16Bully

    Bully (2001)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

  17. 17Nowhere

    Nowhere (1997)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and drama

    In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay friend plan on attending the wildest…

  18. 18Kinky Boots

    Kinky Boots (2005)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the…

  19. 19Alex Strangelove

    Alex Strangelove (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama

    Alex Truelove is on a quest to lose his virginity, an event eagerly awaited by his patient girlfriend and cheered on with welcome advice by his rowdy friends. But Alex, a super gregarious dude, is oddly unmotivated. A…

  20. 20Family Weekend

    Family Weekend (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

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