Movies like The Heron Girl (2025)
The best movies like The Heron Girl (2025) are Why Worry? (1923), My Wife's Relations (1922) and Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020). If The Heron Girl hooked you with its comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Blues Brothers (1980)7.7/10 from 4,757 votes
- NewestLIVE SANKARAS IN YOUR AREA (2026)Released 2026
Why Worry? (1923)
A hypochondriac vacations in the tropics for the fresh air - and finds himself in the middle of a revolution instead.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Wife's Relations (1922)
Buster and a woman are mistakenly married and her initially unfriendly family begins to treat him nicely when they come to believe he has a large inheritance awaiting him.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFather of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020)
The Banks Family reunites 25 years later for a very special event to benefit World Central Kitchen.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTom and Chérie (1955)
Mousketeer Jerry has a love letter to deliver to darling Lilli. He gives it to his young pupil, who has a hard time getting past Tom to deliver it, but he does. They send a few more letters back and forth, at great pain to the youngster.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh and Dizzy (1920)
A tipsy doctor encounters his patient sleepwalking on a building ledge, high above the street.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNever Weaken (1921)
A young man schemes to drum up business for his girlfriend's employer but after seeing her being intimate with another man, he attempts to commit suicide.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMuch Ado About Nothing (2013)
A modern retelling of Shakespeare's classic comedy about two pairs of lovers with different takes on romance and a way with words.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Chaplin Revue (1959)
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisShanghaied (1915)
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBig Business (1929)
Stan and Ollie play door-to-door Christmas tree salesmen in California. They end up getting into an escalating feud with grumpy would-be customer James Finlayson, with his home and their car being destroyed in the melee.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGroot's Pursuit (2022)
Groot investigates a spooky noise that’s been haunting the Quadrant, which leads to an intense dance off.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisUnaccustomed as We Are (1929)
Laurel and Hardy try to entertain a female neighbor, unbeknown to Hardy’s wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMike's New Car (2002)
Mike discovers that being the top-ranking laugh collector at Monsters, Inc. has its benefits – in particular, earning enough money to buy a six-wheel-drive car that's loaded with gadgets. That new-car smell doesn't last long enough, however, as Sulley jump-starts an ill-fated road test that teaches Mike the true meaning of buyer's remorse.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGroot Takes a Bath (2022)
Everybody needs some alone time to relax and wash up, but things go quite differently when you’re a Flora Colossi toddler.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSea Scouts (1939)
Donald is an admiral on a seagoing voyage with his nephews in which they encounter a ravenous shark.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOliver the Eighth (1934)
Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Rutles: All You Need Is Cash (1978)
The story of the rise and fall of the Pre-Fab Four.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMabel's Married Life (1914)
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisHeavy Metal Mater (2010)
Mater and Lightning McQueen are ready to rock! When Mater's garage band, Mater and the Gas Caps, records a hit song, Mater becomes a rock legend. Then Lightning joins Mater's band for the rock concert of the century!
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Wife (1931)
Oliver is making plans to marry his sweetheart Dulcy with Stan as his best man, but the plans are thwarted when Dulcy's father sees a picture of Ollie and forbids the marriage. The couple plan to elope, and run away to a Justice of the Peace. After typical Laurel and Hardy blundering, they manage to sneak the girl away from her father's house.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisNational Theatre Live: Nye (2024)
Confronted with death, National Health Service founder Aneurin 'Nye' Bevan's deepest memories lead him on a mind-bending journey back through his life; from childhood to mining underground, Parliament and fights with Winston Churchill.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
When the Masks are Taken Off (1975)
A satirical anthology film transforms popular humorous and sarcastic stage songs into standalone vignettes that lampoon the absurdities of bureaucratic officials and the liberal attitudes that were systematically targeted and suppressed in that era.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Pronto, Falei (2022)
Renato is a shy and insecure young man, who expresses what he truly thinks only through emails. He writes to his co-workers, girlfriend, parents… he doesn't hide anything, says everything he thinks. Absolutely everything! And when it's time to send… he doesn't. Goes to the drafts folder. One day, with no explanation, all of his drafts are sent, and suddenly he has to face the dire consequences of being who he really is.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Visions of Europe (2004)
Twenty-five films from twenty-five European countries by twenty-five European directors.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
King of the Sandcastle (2025)
A control-obsessed saxophonist must embrace uncertainty when he learns that a career-defining audition will be assessed on his ability to improvise.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
The Blues Brothers (1980)
Just released from prison, Jake Blues puts his old band back together with his brother Elwood to save the Catholic home where they were raised.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisR65: The Silver Generation (2007)
This work is a mockumentary about the love for the silver generation.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
I Love/Hate The Aide (2026)
A night with the boisterous, Norwich based post-punk band "The Aide." Love them or hate them, they have a movie now.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Pick a Winner (2004)
Take your senses on an unpredictable journey with this blend of raucous music and psychedelic visuals from the artists at Load records. Based in Providence, R.I., the label's acts run the gamut from noise rock to experimental electronica. Bands include Pink and Brown, Neon Hunk, Forcefield, Mystery Brinkman, Gerty Farish, Pixeltan, Thee Hydrogen Terrors, My Favorite Home Page, Lightning Bolt, Extreme Animals, Black Elf Speaks and more.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
LIVE SANKARAS IN YOUR AREA (2026)
What happens when you take childhood friends turned Z-List celebrities, and lock them in a recording studio in the middle of nowhere with nothing but their instruments and insatiable ego's? You get LIVE SANKARAS IN YOUR AREA.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Heron Girl?
The closest matches to The Heron Girl are Why Worry? (1923), My Wife's Relations (1922) and Father of the Bride Part 3 (ish) (2020). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Heron Girl?
Start with Why Worry? (1923), the closest match to The Heron Girl.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Heron Girl?
The Blues Brothers (1980), rated 7.7/10 by 4,757 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Heron Girl?
LIVE SANKARAS IN YOUR AREA (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
How are movies similar to The Heron Girl chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Heron Girl, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.