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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
Disappearing Acts

Disappearing Acts

2000★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of TV Movie & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A struggling construction worker and an aspiring musician find themselves falling in love....

#2
Borrowed Hearts

Borrowed Hearts

1997★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of TV Movie & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Single mom Kathleen Russell (Roma Downey) and her daughter Zoey pretend to be Kathleen's boss's "family" so he can close a major business deal with the mysterious Mexican financier...

#3
My Christmas Prince

My Christmas Prince

2017★ 5.8

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

Samantha, a dedicated teacher in Manhattan, returns to her home town of Maple Falls, Wyoming every year for Christmas. This year, she’s delighted when her boyfriend Alex, a Europea...

#4
TalhotBlond

TalhotBlond

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Thomas Montgomery, a married father of two young daughters, gets seduced by the world of online gambling and chat rooms where a virtual romance and sexual obsession ultimately lead...

#5
Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

2012★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of TV Movie & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In an updated contemporary version of the beloved stage play and 1989 film, "Steel Magnolias" chronicles the lives and friendship of six women in Louisiana. Supporting each other t...

#6
How Sarah Got Her Wings

How Sarah Got Her Wings

2015★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once in a Lifetime for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Good Samaritan Sarah Fitzpatrick has a fatal accident just before Christmas, and finds herself in the lobby before the gates of Heaven. Certain that she will be let in, she is shoc...

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