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10 Best Movies Like Once in a Lifetime

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

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#1
Mozart and the Whale

Mozart and the Whale

2005★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A love story between two savants with Asperger's syndrome, a kind of autism, whose conditions sabotage their budding relationship....

#2
My Blind Brother

My Blind Brother

2016★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Love for the same woman causes conflict between an over-achieving blind athlete and the brother who made him that way....

#3
Fitting In

Fitting In

2024★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A teenage girl gets diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have sex and propels her into exploring unusual methods to have a sex life, challenging her rel...

#4
The Notorious Bettie Page

The Notorious Bettie Page

2006★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a ...

#5
Heavy Traffic

Heavy Traffic

1973★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A white dropout struggles to become a cartoonist and filmmaker, drawing inspiration from the harsh, gritty world around him. Still sharing his rundown apartment with his middle-age...

#6
Being John Malkovich

Being John Malkovich

1999★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

One day at work, unsuccessful puppeteer Craig finds a portal into the head of actor John Malkovich. The portal soon becomes a passion for anybody who enters its mad and controlling...

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