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10 Best Movies Like Pay It Forward

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

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#1
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10

1979★ 5.7

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

A Hollywood songwriter goes through a mid-life crisis and becomes infatuated with a sexy blonde newlywed....

#2
The Big Kahuna

The Big Kahuna

1999★ 6.8

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

Three salesmen working for a firm that makes industrial lubricants are waiting in the company's "hospitality suite" at a manufacturers' convention for a "big kahuna" named Dick Ful...

#3
The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale

2003★ 7.4

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

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row....

#4
This Is It

This Is It

2009★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pay It Forward for fans of Music. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A compilation of interviews, rehearsals and backstage footage of Michael Jackson as he prepared for his series of sold-out shows in London....

#5
A.C.O.D.

A.C.O.D.

2013★ 5.5

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

A grown man is still caught in the crossfire of his parents' 15 year divorce. He discovers he was unknowingly part of a study on divorced children and is enlisted in a follow-up ye...

#6
Persuasion

Persuasion

1995★ 7.1

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

Living with her snobby family on the brink of bankruptcy, Anne Elliot is an unconforming woman with modern sensibilities. When Frederick Wentworth – the dashing one she once sent a...