If You Liked It's a Wonderful Life, Watch These Next
Finished It's a Wonderful Life (1946) and want more of the same? These 14 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like It's a Wonderful Life, most of them are drama, family, fantasy.
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14 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.FX's A Christmas Carol(2019)
7.2DramaFantasyAlso drama and fantasy
London, 1843. Ebenezer Scrooge, a bitter old man, despises the Christmas holiday. Over the course of Christmas Eve night he is visited by three ghosts to show him his past, present and future.
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5.A Christmas Carol(1997)
6.5AnimationFamilyFantasyAlso family and fantasy
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and…
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6.The Secret Life of Bees(2008)
7.5FamilyAdventureDramaAlso family and drama
Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother. To escape her lonely life and troubled relationship with her father, Lily flees with Rosaleen, her caregiver and only friend, to a South Carolina town that holds the secret to her mother's…
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7.Miracles from Heaven(2016)
7.5FamilyDramaAlso family and drama
When Christy discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter’s healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna has a freak accident and falls three stories, a miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists…
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8.Second Best(1994)
6.7DramaFamilyAlso drama and family
The difficult relationship between a british postal officer and his adoptive son.
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9.Hoovey(2015)
6.5FamilyDramaAlso family and drama
The true and inspiring story of the Elliott family, who refused to surrender, instead turning to one another and their faith in the worst of circumstances, to rebuild their lives, their boy, and their dreams... together. Step by grueling step, with faith, love, and the tireless work of a mother and father to save…
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10.The Unbreakable Boy(2025)
7.8FamilyDramaAlso family and drama
When Scott and Teresa LeRette learn that their son Austin is both autistic and has brittle bone disease, they initially worry for their son’s future. But with Scott’s growing faith and Austin’s incredible spirit, they become 'unbreakable', finding joy, gratitude, and courage even in the most trying times.
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11.The Good Witch's Destiny(2013)
7.6DramaFamilyFantasyAlso drama and family
As Cassie's birthday approaches, Lori discovers disturbing parallels between Cassie and her great aunt, who disappeared years before on her birthday. When signs of a curse appear, Cassie conjures up a little magic to make things right again.
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12.Lost on a Mountain in Maine(2024)
7.0AdventureDramaFamilyAlso drama and family
When twelve-year-old Donn Fendler gets tired of waiting for his father and brothers to join him on the summit of Maine's highest peak, he decides to find his own way back to camp. But Donn doesn't count on a fast-moving fog that obscures the path. He doesn't count on falling down an embankment that hides him from…
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13.Before I Fall(2017)
7.0DramaFantasyAlso drama and fantasy
Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begins to question just how perfect her life really was.
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14.The Lovely Bones(2009)
7.1FantasyDramaAlso fantasy and drama
After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance her thirst for revenge with her desire for her family to heal.
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