Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Jan 19, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Heavyweights

If you loved Heavyweights, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for Heavyweights.

View Review →
#1
The D Train

The D Train

2015★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heavyweights for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With his 20th reunion looming, Dan can’t shake his high school insecurities. In a misguided mission to prove he’s changed, Dan rekindles a friendship with the popular guy from his ...

#2
The Girl with Nine Wigs

The Girl with Nine Wigs

2013★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heavyweights for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The true story of a young woman whose lust for life means she is determined to be so very much more than just another cancer patient....

#3
Rosamunde Pilcher: Wer immer du bist

Rosamunde Pilcher: Wer immer du bist

2025★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heavyweights for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Landscape architect Victoria Crayshaw wants to fulfill her late mother's last wish: to build a Japanese garden on her parents' property. She wants to gather inspiration for this in...

#4
L'état et moi

L'état et moi

2022★ 4.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heavyweights for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Judge Praetorius-Camusot’s legal routines are interrupted when the ghost of a member of the Paris Commune turns up at an event celebrating German-French relations. An anarchic come...

#5
Collateral

Collateral

2004★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heavyweights for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Cab driver Max picks up a man who offers him $600 to drive him around. But the promise of easy money sours when Max realizes his fare is an assassin....

#6
Atonement

Atonement

2007★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Heavyweights for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit....