Movies like The Wendell Baker Story (2005)
The best movies like The Wendell Baker Story (2005) are Everything Must Go (2011), The Open Road (2009) and Standing Still (2005). If The Wendell Baker Story hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedSideways (2004)7.1/10 from 2,006 votes
- NewestJust Before I Go (2015)Released 2015
Everything Must Go (2011)
When an alcoholic relapses, causing him to lose his wife and his job, he holds a yard sale on his front lawn in an attempt to start over. A new neighbor might be the key to his return to form.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Open Road (2009)
Minor leaguer Carlton Garret takes an unexpected road trip to track down his estranged father, legendary baseball player Kyle Garret when Carlton’s mother becomes sick. Once reunited, Carlton struggles to deal with the series of misadventures caused by his father’s antics. Attempts at bonding come to a head as the mismatched duo make their way from Ohio back home to Houston to reunite the family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisStanding Still (2005)
A chain reaction of confrontations and romantic encounters occurs when college friends reunite for one's wedding.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Pool Boys (2009)
A pool boy and a gardener turn an empty mansion into a home for women who belong to the world's oldest profession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisFinding Amanda (2008)
A television producer with a penchant for drinking and gambling is sent to Las Vegas to convince his troubled niece to enter rehab.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisYou, Me and Dupree (2006)
After standing in as best man for his longtime friend Carl Petersen, Randy Dupree loses his job, becomes a barfly and attaches himself to the newlywed couple almost permanently -- as their houseguest. But the longer Dupree camps out on their couch, the closer he gets to Carl's bride, Molly, leaving the frustrated groom wondering when his pal will be moving out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSideways (2004)
Two middle-aged men embark on a spiritual journey through Californian wine country. One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAlfie (2004)
A tale of a philosophical womanizer who is forced to question his seemingly carefree existence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisIn the Land of Women (2007)
After a bad breakup with his girlfriend leaves him heartbroken, Carter Webb moves to Michigan to take care of his ailing grandmother. Once there, he gets mixed up in the lives of the mother and daughters who live across the street.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisLeatherheads (2008)
A light hearted comedy about the beginnings of Professional American Football. When a decorated war hero and college all star is tempted into playing professional football. Everyone see the chance to make some big money, but when a reporter digs up some dirt on the war hero... everyone could lose out.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like this$5 a Day (2008)
After being released from jail, the son of a con man joins his father on the road.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrust the Man (2005)
Overachieving actress Rebecca must come to grips with her failing marriage to stay-at-home dad Tom. While Rebecca's slacker brother Tobey can't seem to commit to his aspiring-novelist girlfriend, Elaine. As both relationships spin out of control, the two couples embark on a quest to rediscover the magic and romance of falling in love in New York.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisDelirious (2007)
Les, a small-time celebrity photographer desperate to make it big, befriends Toby, a homeless young man with no direction except a vague desire to become an actor. When by chance, Toby becomes romantically involved with K'Harma Leeds, the hottest pop star of the moment, Les grows jealous and plots revenge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLonesome Jim (2005)
After failing to find success as a writer in New York City, Jim slinks back to his family's home in the Midwest to lick his wounds. But his visit is quickly complicated when his angst spreads to his brother, Tim, who promptly decides to drive his car straight into a tree. Under the shadow of his sibling's injurious actions, Jim strikes up an unlikely friendship with Anika, whose centered small-town wisdom gradually rubs off on him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFailure to Launch (2006)
At 35, Tripp has an interesting job, a hip car, a passion for sailing, an active dating life, and a great house - trouble is, he still lives with his parents, Al and Sue, who are not happy about it. Al and Sue are fascinated when friends whose adult son has recently moved away from home reveal they hired an expert to help. In desperation to push Tripp out of the nest once and for all, Al and Sue hatch a plan to hire Paula, an "interventionist," who has a formula in these cases.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisCity Island (2009)
The Rizzos, a family who doesn't share their habits, aspirations, and careers with one another, find their delicate web of lies disturbed by the arrival of a young ex-con brought home by Vince, the patriarch of the family, who is a corrections officer in real life, and a hopeful actor in private.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisJust Add Water (2008)
An offbeat romantic comedy about a decent guy, Ray Tuckby, with a dead-end life in the dead-end town of Trona, CA. After encouragement from a stranger whom he happens upon, Ray begins to dream again. He sheds the parasites in his life, musters the nerve to pursue his childhood love, and finally takes back his community by toppling the local teenage Meth-baron.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisJust Before I Go (2015)
Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for creating the shell of a person he has become. But life is tricky. The more determined Ted is to confront his demons, to get closure, and to withdraw from his family, the more Ted is yanked into the chaos of their lives. So, when Ted Morgan decides to kill himself, he finds a reason to live.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Good Heart (2009)
Jacques is the curmudgeonly owner of a gritty New York dive bar that serves as home to a motley assortment of professional drinkers. Jacques is determinedly drinking and smoking himself to death when he meets Lucas, a homeless young man who has already given up on life. Determined to keep his legacy alive, Jacques deems Lucas is a fitting heir and takes him under his wing.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Lot Like Love (2005)
On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to... lovers?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhat Happens in Vegas (2008)
During a wild vacation in Las Vegas, career woman Joy McNally and playboy Jack Fuller come to the sober realization that they have married each other after a night of drunken abandon. They are then compelled, for legal reasons, to live life as a couple for a limited period of time. At stake is a large amount of money.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBarefoot (2014)
The "black sheep" son of a wealthy family meets a young psychiatric patient who's been raised in isolation her entire life. He takes the naive young woman home for his brother's wedding an improbable romance blooms, as she impresses everyone with her genuine, simple charms.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSolitary Man (2009)
A car magnate watches his personal and professional life hit the skids because of his business and romantic indiscretions.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Wackness (2008)
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPaper Man (2009)
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWatching the Detectives (2007)
Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life femme fatale, his mundane world gets turned upside down and the line between reality and the movies quickly begins to blur.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Lucky Ones (2008)
The story revolves around three soldiers — Colee, T.K. and Cheaver — who return from the Iraq War after suffering injuries and learn that life has moved on without them. They end up on an unexpected road trip across the U.S.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThree Night Stand (2014)
A man's plans for a romantic weekend go awry when he learns that his ex-girlfriend, whom he still secretly loves, manages the ski lodge where he and his wife are staying.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Deal (2008)
Charlie Berns is a veteran Hollywood movie producer who has given up on his career and life. That is until his idealistic screenwriter nephew comes bearing the script of a lifetime and Charlie decides to give his career one final shot. The only thing standing in his way is Diedre Hearn, a sharp-witted studio executive brought in to keep Charlie in line.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisGrilled (2006)
Maurice and Dave sell high-end cuts of beef, but after hitting a patch of no sales, they're facing being fired. Maurice needs money to enroll in his final semester of acupuncture school, and the recently-separated Dave needs money for his daughter's birthday gift. Their final client card—a beautiful woman—is attracted to Maurice, but a desperate call from a suicidal friend interrupts her signing the contract. Still hoping to close the sale, they offer to drive her to the friend's house—where their troubles multiply.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Wendell Baker Story?
The closest matches to The Wendell Baker Story are Everything Must Go (2011), The Open Road (2009) and Standing Still (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Wendell Baker Story?
People who watched The Wendell Baker Story most often go on to Everything Must Go (2011), The Open Road (2009) and Standing Still (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like The Wendell Baker Story?
Sideways (2004), rated 7.1/10 by 2,006 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Wendell Baker Story?
Just Before I Go (2015) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Wendell Baker Story?
Yes: Everything Must Go (2011), The Open Road (2009) and Standing Still (2005).
How are movies similar to The Wendell Baker Story chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Wendell Baker Story, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.