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10 Best Movies Like Surprise

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

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#1
Roll Bounce

Roll Bounce

2005★ 6.7

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

In the summer of 1978, a teenager and his group of friends face new challenges when their neighborhood roller-skating rink closes, forcing them to visit a different rink....

#2
Foster

Foster

2011★ 6.7

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

Looking to adopt a child and unable to conceive a child of their own, the Morrisons' lives are turned upside down when a seven-year-old boy unexpectedly shows up on their doorstep....

#3
Chang Can Dunk

Chang Can Dunk

2023★ 6.7

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

Chang, a 16-year-old, Asian American, bets the high school basketball star that he can dunk by Homecoming. The bet leads 5' 8" Chang on a quest to learn to dunk—not only to impress...

#4
Christmas Cottage

Christmas Cottage

2008★ 6.3

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

Inspired by the picturesque paintings of Thomas Kinkade, The Christmas Cottage tells the semi-autobiographical tale of how a young boy is propelled to launch a career as an artist ...

#5
Hart Beat

Hart Beat

2016★ 6.5

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

Making music means everything for the shy Zoë. But since her father left, she never played guitar again. When she is hit by the bus from Mik, superstar Bieber size, sparks fly allt...

#6
Yours, Mine & Ours

Yours, Mine & Ours

2005★ 6.2

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

Admiral Frank Beardsley returns to New London to run the Coast Guard Academy, his last stop before a probable promotion to head the Guard. A widower with eight children, he runs a ...

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