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Movies Like Wish You Were Here

If you liked Wish You Were Here (2016), a thriller and comedy movie directed by Dru Phillips, 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. 1All the Bright Places

    All the Bright Places (2020)

    ★ 7.6/10Also romance and drama

    Two teens facing personal struggles form a powerful bond as they embark on a cathartic journey chronicling the wonders of Indiana.

  2. 2In the Land of Women

    In the Land of Women (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also romance and comedy

    After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live…

  3. 3The Vow

    The Vow (2012)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama and romance

    Happy young married couple Paige and Leo are, well, happy. Then a car accident puts Paige into a life-threatening coma. Upon awakening she has lost the previous five years of memories, including those of her beloved…

  4. 4The Other Zoey

    The Other Zoey (2023)

    ★ 6.9/10Also romance and drama

    Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.

  5. 5Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

    Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama and romance

    Joel Barish, heartbroken that his girlfriend underwent a procedure to erase him from her memory, decides to do the same. However, as he watches his memories of her fade away, he realises that he still loves her, and…

  6. 6In Secret

    In Secret (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and thriller

    In 1860s Paris, a young woman, Therese, is trapped in a loveless marriage to the sickly Camille by her domineering aunt, Madame Raquin. She spends her days behind the counter of a small shop and her evenings watching…

  7. 7Numb

    Numb (2007)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink, but nothing works. The Golf Channel…

  8. 8Fallen Angel

    Fallen Angel (1945)

    ★ 6.6/10Also mystery and drama

    An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman…

  9. 9Unfaithful

    Unfaithful (2002)

    ★ 6.7/10Also thriller and drama

    A New York suburban couple's marriage goes dangerously awry when the wife indulges in an adulterous fling.

  10. 10The Girl on the Train

    The Girl on the Train (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also mystery and thriller

    Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something…

  11. 11Sleep, My Love

    Sleep, My Love (1948)

    ★ 6.3/10Also thriller and mystery

    A woman wakes up in the middle of the night on board a train, but she can't remember how she got there. Danger and suspense ensue.

  12. 12Spellbound

    Spellbound (1945)

    ★ 7.4/10Also drama and mystery

    When Dr. Anthony Edwardes arrives at a Vermont mental hospital to replace the outgoing hospital director, Dr. Constance Peterson, a psychoanalyst, discovers Edwardes is actually an impostor. The man confesses that the…

  13. 13The Woman in the Window

    The Woman in the Window (2021)

    ★ 6/10Also mystery and thriller

    An agoraphobic woman living alone in New York begins spying on her new neighbors only to witness a disturbing act of violence.

  14. 14Blind

    Blind (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    A novelist is blinded in a car crash that killed his wife and several years later rediscovers his passion for life and writing when he embarks on an affair with the neglected wife of an indicted businessman.

  15. 15Love 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.

  16. 16Suburbicon

    Suburbicon (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also thriller and drama

    In the quiet family town of Suburbicon during the 1950s, the best and worst of humanity is hilariously reflected through the deeds of seemingly ordinary people. When a home invasion turns deadly, a picture-perfect…

  17. 17Jersey Girl

    Jersey Girl (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and romance

    Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single fatherhood, a defunct career and having…

  18. 18Barefoot

    Barefoot (2014)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as…

  19. 19Garden State

    Garden State (2004)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and drama

    Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a…

  20. 20Young Adult

    Young Adult (2011)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family.

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