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Movies that feel like Wendy and Lucy (2008)

If you loved Wendy and Lucy, the closest films we have are Gran Torino (2008), Girl, Interrupted (1999) and Good Will Hunting (1997). All three share Wendy and Lucy's contemplative and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Philo, Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel and Howdy Amazon Channel and others, checked against today's data.

A near-penniless drifter's journey to Alaska in search of work is interrupted when she loses her dog while attempting to shoplift food for it.

πŸ… 85% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.1 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kelly Reichardtcontemplativewarm

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If Wendy and Lucy hit the spot, these will too

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Gran Torino
2008 Β· dir. Clint Eastwood
πŸ… 81%β˜… 8.1drama

Both land stillness and warmth at once

Disgruntled Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski sets out to reform his neighbor, Thao Lor, a Hmong teenager who tried to steal Kowalski's prized possession: a 1972 Gran Torino.

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Girl, Interrupted
1999 Β· dir. James Mangold
πŸ… 53%β˜… 7.3drama

Drama built on stillness, twice over

The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

Set in the changing world of the late 1960s, Susanna Kaysen's prescribed "short rest" from a psychiatrist she had met only once becomes a strange, unknown journey into Alice's Wonderland, where she struggles with the thin line between normal and crazy. Susanna soon realizes how hard it is to get out once she has been committed, and she ultimately has to choose between the world of people who belong inside or the difficult world of reality outside.

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Good Will Hunting
1997 Β· dir. Gus Van Sant
πŸ… 97%β˜… 8.4drama

Both trade on warmth more than on being drama

Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.

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La Haine
1995 Β· dir. Mathieu Kassovitz
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8.1drama

Contemplative drama in both cases

After a chaotic night of rioting in a marginal suburb of Paris, three young friends, Vinz, Hubert and SaΓ―d, wander around unoccupied waiting for news about the state of health of a mutual friend who has been seriously injured when confronting the police.

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
1975 Β· dir. MiloΕ‘ Forman
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.6drama

The same two preoccupations: friendship, and oregon, usa

The difference: 33 years apart, and the 1970s show

A petty criminal fakes insanity to serve his sentence in a mental ward rather than prison. He soon finds himself as a leader to the other patientsβ€”and an enemy to the cruel, domineering nurse who runs the ward.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 Β· dir. Stephen Chbosky
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.9drama

Both keep circling back to friendship

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

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Perfect Strangers
2016 Β· dir. Paolo Genovese
πŸ… 79%β˜… 7.7drama

A streak of warmth through both

During a dinner, a group of friends decide to share whatever message or phone call they will receive during the evening, with unforeseen consequences.

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Dead Poets Society
1989 Β· dir. Peter Weir
πŸ… 85%β˜… 8.1drama

Both are drama through and through

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

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The Pursuit of Happyness
2006 Β· dir. Gabriele Muccino
πŸ… 67%β˜… 8drama

The same preoccupation in both: homelessness

The difference: Not nearly as warm as Wendy and Lucy

A struggling salesman takes custody of his son as he's poised to begin a life-changing professional career.

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Seven Pounds
2008 Β· dir. Gabriele Muccino
πŸ… 26%β˜… 7.6drama

Drama approached the same way

An IRS agent with a fateful secret embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers.

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The Social Network
2010 Β· dir. David Fincher
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.8drama

The same drama instincts

In 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programmer Mark Zuckerberg begins work on a new concept that eventually turns into the global social network known as Facebook. Six years later, Mark is one of the youngest billionaires ever, but his unprecedented success leads to both personal and legal complications when he ends up on the receiving end of two lawsuits, one involving his former friend.

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Return
2011 Β· dir. Liza Johnson
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.1drama

Cut from the same drama cloth

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes.

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