22 Movies Like The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013)

Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) poster

1 Hector and the Search for Happiness (2014) ★ 6.9

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Simon Pegg, Rosamund Pike, Tracy-Ann Oberman

Disillusioned psychiatrist Hector confesses to his girlfriend that he feels like a fraud for dispensing recommendations to patients who never seemed to improve or get happier. He considers breaking out of his lackluster routine. Summoning up some courage, Hector gives his starved curiosity free reign and embarks on an international quest to find the right formula to bring him joy and vitality.

2 Yes Man (2008) ★ 6.8

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Jim Carrey, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper

Comedy, Romance

Carl Allen is at a standstill. No future - until the day he enrolls into a personal development program based on a very simple idea: say yes to everything. Carl discovers with amazement the magical power of "Yes", and sees his professional and romantic life turned upside down overnight: an unexpected promotion and a new girlfriend. But he'll soon discover that better can be good's enemy, and that not all opportunities should be taken.

3 Swiss Army Man (2016) ★ 6.9

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Paul Dano, Daniel Radcliffe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

A hopeless man stranded on a deserted island befriends a dead body, and together they go on a surreal journey to get home.

4 Collateral Beauty (2016) ★ 6.8

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Will Smith, Edward Norton, Kate Winslet

Drama, Romance

Retreating from life after a tragedy, a man questions the universe by writing to Love, Time, and Death. Receiving unexpected answers, he begins to see how these things interlock and how even loss can reveal moments of meaning and beauty.

5 The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) ★ 8.1

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Ralph Fiennes, F. Murray Abraham, Mathieu Amalric

Adventure, Comedy, Crime

A writer encounters the owner of an aging high-class hotel, who tells him of his early years serving as a lobby boy in the hotel's glorious years under an exceptional concierge.

6 Into the Wild (2007) ★ 8.1

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Emile Hirsch, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Keener

Adventure, Biography, Drama

After graduating from Emory University, top student and athlete Christopher McCandless abandons his possessions, gives his entire $24,000 savings account to charity and hitchhikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Along the way, Christopher encounters a series of characters that shape his life.

7 Life of Pi (2012) ★ 7.9

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Suraj Sharma, Irrfan Khan, Adil Hussain

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

A young man who survives a disaster at sea is hurtled into an epic journey of adventure and discovery. While cast away, he forms an unexpected connection with another survivor: a fearsome Bengal tiger.

8 The Big Year (2011) ★ 6.2

Owen Wilson, Jack Black, Steve Martin

Comedy

Two bird enthusiasts try to defeat the cocky, cutthroat world record holder in a year-long bird-spotting competition.

9 Wild (2014) ★ 7.1

Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffmann

Adventure, Biography, Drama

A chronicle of one woman's one thousand one hundred mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent personal tragedy.

The Shawshank Redemption (1994)

Unfriended (2014)

Pretty Woman (1990)

Forrest Gump (1994)

Forever My Girl (2018)

Braveheart (1995)

Legally Blonde (2001)

Cloverfield (2008)

The Darkest Minds (2018)

Moana (2016)

10 Begin Again (2013) ★ 7.4

Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, Adam Levine

Drama, Comedy

A chance encounter between a down-and-out music-business executive and a young singer-songwriter, new to Manhattan, turns into a promising collaboration between the two talents.

11 Charlie St. Cloud (2010) ★ 6.4

Zac Efron, Kim Basinger, Charlie Tahan

Drama, Fantasy, Romance

After Charlie survives a car crash that kills his younger brother, he is given the gift of seeing the spirits of his brother and others who he has lost, and must use his powers to save the woman he loves from impending disaster.

12 Crazy, Stupid, Love. (2011) ★ 7.4

Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A middle-aged husband's life changes dramatically when his wife asks him for a divorce. He seeks to rediscover his manhood with the help of a newfound friend, Jacob, learning to pick up girls at bars.

13 The Intern (2015) ★ 7.1

Comedy, Drama

70-year-old widower Ben Whittaker discovers that retirement is not the end. He takes the opportunity to become a senior intern at an online fashion store run by Jules Ostin.

14 Aloha (2015) ★ 5.4

Bradley Cooper, Rachel McAdams, Emma Stone

Comedy, Drama, Romance

A celebrated military contractor returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and reconnects with a long-ago love while unexpectedly falling for the hard-charging Air Force watch-dog assigned to him.

15 Big Fish (2003) ★ 8.0

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Ewan McGregor, Albert Finney, Billy Crudup

Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

This adventure movie is based on Daniel Wallace's novel Big Fish: A Novel of Mythical Proportions. A father dies, about whose life the son wants to learn as much as he can by collecting stories about him.

The son tries to recreate his father's elusive life in a series of legends and myths that he invents from disparate facts. The ups and downs of the man's life are eventually presented from an unexpected perspective.

16 Good Will Hunting (1997) ★ 8.3

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Robin Williams, Matt Damon, Ben Affleck

Drama, Romance

Will Hunting, a janitor at M.I.T., has a gift for mathematics, but needs help from a psychologist to find direction in his life.

17 The Way Way Back (2013) ★ 7.4

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Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Allison Janney

Comedy, Drama

Shy 14-year-old Duncan goes on summer vacation with his mother, her overbearing boyfriend, and her boyfriend's daughter. Having a rough time fitting in, Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen, manager of the Water Wizz water park.

18 The Bucket List (2007) ★ 7.4

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Morgan Freeman

Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Two terminally ill men escape from a cancer ward and head off on a road trip with a wish list of to-dos before they die.

19 Stranger Than Fiction (2006) ★ 7.6

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Will Ferrell, Emma Thompson, Dustin Hoffman

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

I.R.S. auditor Harold Crick suddenly finds his mundane Chicago life to be the subject of narration only he can hear: narration that begins to affect his entire existence, from his work to his love life to his death.

Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) poster

20 Journey to the Center of the Earth (2008) ★ 5.8

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Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson, Anita Briem

Action, Adventure, Family

On a quest to find out what happened to his missing brother, a scientist, his nephew and their mountain guide discover a fantastic and dangerous lost world in the center of the earth.

21 Larry Crowne (2011) ★ 6.1

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Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Sarah Mahoney

Comedy, Drama, Romance

After losing his job, a middle-aged man reinvents himself by going back to college.

22 About Time (2013) ★ 7.8

Is About Time (2013) similar to The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013) film?

Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams, Bill Nighy

Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.

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