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10 Best Movies Like Shallow Hal

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

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#1
Bounce

Bounce

2000★ 5.8

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

Buddy Amaral, a successful and self-absorbed Los Angeles advertising executive, switches airline tickets with a stranger just before boarding a long-delayed flight so that he might...

#2
Stuck on You

Stuck on You

2003★ 5.3

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

In Martha's Vineyard, Mass., conjoined twins Walt and Bob Tenor make the best of their handicap by being the fastest grill cooks in town. While outgoing Walt hopes to one day becom...

#3
Orange County

Orange County

2002★ 6.0

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

Shaun Brumder is a local surfer kid from Orange County who dreams of going to Stanford to become a writer and to get away from his dysfunctional family household. Except Shaun runs...

#4
Saving Silverman

Saving Silverman

2001★ 5.7

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

A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band....

#5
Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

2010★ 5.2

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

Travel writer Lemuel Gulliver takes an assignment in Bermuda, but ends up on the island of Liliput, where he towers over its tiny citizens....

#6
Be Kind Rewind

Be Kind Rewind

2008★ 6.3

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

A man whose brain becomes magnetized unintentionally destroys every tape in his friend's video store. In order to satisfy the store's most loyal renter, an aging woman with signs o...