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10 Best Movies Like It Happens Every Thursday

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

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#1
The Station Agent

The Station Agent

2003★ 7.3

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

When his only friend dies, a man born with dwarfism moves to rural New Jersey to live a life of solitude, only to meet a chatty hot dog vendor and a woman dealing with her own pers...

#2
The Little Rascals Save the Day

The Little Rascals Save the Day

2014★ 6.3

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

When the Little Rascals are unable to raise enough money to save their grandma's bakery from shutting down, their only hope is to win a local talent show and use the prize money to...

#3
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

1936★ 7.5

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

Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies and leaves Deeds a fortune, Longfellow moves to the big city where he becomes an ins...

#4
Carry On Nurse

Carry On Nurse

1959★ 6.4

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

In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill every time she walks past, wi...

#5
Runaway Bride

Runaway Bride

1999★ 6.1

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

Having already left three grooms at the altar, Maggie Carpenter is branded "the runaway bride" by jaded New York journalist Ike Graham. But, after his facts are called into questio...

#6
Baby Boom

Baby Boom

1987★ 6.4

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

J.C. Wiatt is a talented and ambitious New York City career woman who is married to her job and working towards partner at her firm. She has a live-in relationship with Steven, a s...

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