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Movies Like Picture Wheel

If you liked Picture Wheel (2017), a drama and comedy movie directed by David O'Donnell, 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. 1Afterlife of the Party

    Afterlife of the Party (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also fantasy and comedy

    A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.

  2. 2A Thousand Words

    A Thousand Words (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and comedy

    Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes…

  3. 3Almost Friends

    Almost Friends (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become…

  4. 4Horns

    Horns (2013)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and fantasy

    In the aftermath of his girlfriend's mysterious death, a young man awakens to strange horns sprouting from his temples.

  5. 5Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  6. 6Slumberland

    Slumberland (2022)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and fantasy

    A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.

  7. 7Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King

    Marvel One-Shot: All Hail the King (2014)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy and fantasy

    A documentary filmmaker interviews the now-famous Trevor Slattery from behind bars.

  8. 8Peggy Sue Got Married

    Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    At her 25th high school reunion, Peggy Sue faints and awakens in 1960—back in her senior year, before her marriage and all her regrets. Given a second chance to relive her youth, she must decide whether to change the…

  9. 9Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…

  10. 10Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling

    Jo Jo Dancer, Your Life Is Calling (1986)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy

    Although Jo Jo Dancer has achieved success as a stand-up comedian, he hasn't found happiness. After receiving severe burns in a narcotics-related incident, Jo Jo remains in a coma, and, while in this state, he looks…

  11. 11Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit (2011)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama and fantasy

    Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, but things do not go as planned.

  12. 12Lady Windermere's Fan

    Lady Windermere's Fan (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A society woman believes her husband is having an affair, a misconception which may have dire personal consequences for all involved.

  13. 1340 Acres

    40 Acres (2025)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama and fantasy

    Hailey Freeman and her family are the last descendants of African American farmers who settled in rural Canada after the Civil War. In a famine-decimated near future, they now struggle to safeguard their farm, as they…

  14. 14CQ

    CQ (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…

  15. 15Looking for Eric

    Looking for Eric (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy

    Middle-aged postman and football fan Eric Bishop struggles with his increasingly chaotic existence, but receives some life coaching from the famously philosophical Éric Cantona.

  16. 16Caprice

    Caprice (1986)

    ★ 6.1/10Also fantasy and comedy

    A girl finds herself inside a fashion magazine – Joanna Hogg's graduation piece at the National Film and Television School starring a then unknown Tilda Swinton.

  17. 17Unicorn Store

    Unicorn Store (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also fantasy and drama

    A woman named Kit moves back to her parent's house, where she receives a mysterious invitation that would fulfill her childhood dreams.

  18. 18The Zero Theorem

    The Zero Theorem (2013)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and fantasy

    A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

  19. 19The Odd Life of Timothy Green

    The Odd Life of Timothy Green (2012)

    ★ 7/10Also fantasy and drama

    A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.

  20. 20The House of Tomorrow

    The House of Tomorrow (2019)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy

    The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.

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