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10 Best Movies Like The Wright Idea

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

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#1
Mr. Bones

Mr. Bones

2001★ 6.0

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

A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament....

#2
Easy Money

Easy Money

1983★ 6.0

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

To inherit his mother-in-law's colossal fortune, a hard living gambling addict must change his unhealthy ways before it gets the best of him....

#3
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong

A Bad Idea Gone Wrong

2017★ 6.4

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

Two would-be thieves forge a surprising relationship with an unexpected housesitter when they accidentally trap themselves in a house they just broke into....

#4
A.R.C.H.I.E.

A.R.C.H.I.E.

2016★ 6.0

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

A recently orphaned 15-year-old who has moved to a small town to live with her uncle befriends a robotic canine with super strength, x-ray vision and the ability to talk and the pa...

#5
Taking Care of Business

Taking Care of Business

1990★ 6.3

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

An uptight advertising exec has his entire life in a filofax organizer which mistakenly ends up in the hands of a friendly convict who poses as him....

#6
American Dreamer

American Dreamer

2022★ 5.8

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

In this winsome comedy, an entitled Economics professor pursues a tactic to buy an ailing widow’s mansion for nothing, but he quickly realizes that his seemingly foolproof strategy...

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