10 Best Movies Like A Wish and a Half
If you loved A Wish and a Half, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

The Old Man and the Sea
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Wish and a Half for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Santiago is an aging, down-on-his-luck, Cuban fisherman who, after catching nothing for nearly 3 months, hooks a huge Marlin and struggles to land it far out in the Gulf Stream....

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Wish and a Half for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A fisheries expert is approached by a consultant to help realize a sheik's vision of bringing the sport of fly-fishing to the desert and embarks on an upstream journey of faith and...

Gone Fishing
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Wish and a Half for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
On Motunui, Maui tries to catch a fish with his magical fishhook, only to be comically foiled by the ocean....

Captain Phillips
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Wish and a Half for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.
The true story of Captain Richard Phillips and the 2009 hijacking by Somali pirates of the US-flagged MV Maersk Alabama, the first American cargo ship to be hijacked in two hundred...

The Thirteenth Year
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Wish and a Half for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A teen learns that his birth mother is a mermaid after he begins to grow fins and slimy scales on his thirteenth birthday....

Abe
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Wish and a Half for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
A 12-year-old boy from Brooklyn tries to unite his half-Israeli and half-Palestinian family through cooking....