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Movies Like The Sense of Wonder

If you liked The Sense of Wonder (2015), a comedy and romance movie directed by Éric Besnard, 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. 1Other People's Money

    Other People's Money (1991)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    When a corporate raider threatens a hostile takeover of a 'mom and pop' company, the patriarch of the company enlists the help of his wife's attractive daughter—who is a lawyer—to stop the takeover. However, the raider…

  2. 2The Other Sister

    The Other Sister (1999)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    A mentally challenged girl proves herself to be every bit as capable as her "perfect" sister when she moves into an apartment and begins going to college.

  3. 3He Said, She Said

    He Said, She Said (1991)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Womanising, right-wing Dan Hanson and quiet, liberal Lorie Bryer work for the Baltimore Sun. Rivals for the job of new writer of a vacant column, the paper ends up instead printing their very different opinions…

  4. 4Benny & Joon

    Benny & Joon (1993)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy and drama

    A mentally ill young woman finds love with an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

  5. 5The Secret: Dare to Dream

    The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and romance

    A widow with three children hires a handyman to fix her house during a major storm. When not doing home repairs, he shares his philosophy of believing in the power of the universe to deliver what we want.

  6. 6The Baltimorons

    The Baltimorons (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.

  7. 7A California Christmas

    A California Christmas (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    With his carefree lifestyle on the line, a wealthy charmer poses as a ranch hand to get a hardworking farmer to sell her family’s land before Christmas.

  8. 8Anaïs in Love

    Anaïs in Love (2021)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A young woman struggling to stay on top of everything in her life meets a married publisher and begins an affair with him.

  9. 9The Names of Love

    The Names of Love (2010)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and comedy

    Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of…

  10. 10Chéri

    Chéri (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    The son of a courtesan retreats into a fantasy world after being forced to end his relationship with the older woman who educated him in the ways of love.

  11. 11Everybody Loves Jeanne

    Everybody Loves Jeanne (2022)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    Everybody has always loved Jeanne. These days, she hates herself. Up to her ears in debt, she has to go to Lisbon and sell her mother’s apartment, who passed away one year ago. At the airport, she runs into Jean, a…

  12. 12A California Christmas: City Lights

    A California Christmas: City Lights (2021)

    ★ 6.6/10Also romance and comedy

    Follows Callie and Joseph one year after they fell in love, now running a dairy farm and winery, but their romance is threatened when business and family obligations call Joseph back to the city.

  13. 13Smart People

    Smart People (2008)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Professor Lawrence Wetherhold might be imperiously brilliant, monumentally self-possessed and an intellectual giant -- but when it comes to solving the conundrums of love and family, he's as downright flummoxed as the…

  14. 14Peace, Love & Misunderstanding

    Peace, Love & Misunderstanding (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    A conservative lawyer named Diane takes her two teenage children Jake and Zoe to meet their estranged, hippie grandmother in Woodstock after her husband asks for a divorce.

  15. 15Blind Date

    Blind Date (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and romance

    He invents puzzles. He’s committed body and soul to his work and needs silence to be able to concentrate. She is an accomplished pianist and can’t live without music. She must prepare for a competition that could…

  16. 16I Met a Girl

    I Met a Girl (2020)

    ★ 6.4/10Also romance and drama

    An aspiring musician struggling with schizophrenia falls for a mysterious woman who may be all in his head. When she suddenly vanishes, he takes off on a cross-country journey across Australia to find her, forcing his…

  17. 17Christmas at the Drive-In

    Christmas at the Drive-In (2022)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and romance

    Sadie Walker is starting over in her hometown of Chesterfield, New York, following a series of major life disruptions that include leaving her law practice after losing her biggest case and no longer being engaged.

  18. 18Love Everlasting

    Love Everlasting (2016)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    Bridger is a young outsider who's always wanted more. He and his mother flee an abusive home, eventually finding a small town in the middle of nowhere. Once there, Bridger finds true acceptance with another misfit.

  19. 19Love in Taipei

    Love in Taipei (2023)

    ★ 6.8/10Also romance and comedy

    A young American woman is sent by her parents to a cultural immersion program in Taipei where she begins a new journey of self-discovery and romance.

  20. 20This Little Love of Mine

    This Little Love of Mine (2021)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and comedy

    Laura Price is a successful San Francisco lawyer on the cusp of promotion – a far cry from her childhood growing up on a tropical island with best friends Chip and Gem. When the firm’s biggest client – Chip’s…

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