Movies like Take Me Home (2011)
The best movies like Take Me Home (2011) are Gary (2026), The Puffy Chair (2006) and The Fundamentals of Caring (2016). If Take Me Home hooked you with its drama and comedy, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedLittle Miss Sunshine (2006)7.7/10 from 8,201 votes
- NewestGary (2026)Released 2026
Gary (2026)
Two friends go on a work trip and encounter unexpected challenges and local personalities as they navigate their assignment. Their efforts to adapt to unfamiliar surroundings highlight moments of humor, small-town culture and the unpredictable nature of work travel. Their experience offers new perspectives on their friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Puffy Chair (2006)
Josh, a struggling musician, wins a vintage recliner in an eBay auction. Since he lives in New York and the chair is in Atlanta, this poses a bit of a problem. He asks his girlfriend, Emily, to accompany him on the trip, and his hippie brother Rhett joins the pair along the way.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
Having suffered a tragedy, Ben becomes a caregiver to earn money. His first client, Trevor, is a hilarious 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy. One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor hit the road on a trip into the western states. The folks they collect along the way will help them test their skills for surviving outside their calculated existence. Together, they come to understand the importance of hope and the necessity of true friendship.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies 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 One is an unpublished novelist suffering from depression, and the other is only days away from walking down the aisle.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 thisBeginners (2011)
Oliver meets the irreverent and unpredictable Anna only months after his father Hal Fields has passed away. This new love floods Oliver with memories of his father, who, following the death of his wife of 44 years, came out of the closet at age 75 to live a full, energized, and wonderfully tumultuous gay life – which included a younger boyfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGarden State (2004)
Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a girl also struggling with various maladies—opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional connections, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAway We Go (2009)
Verona and Burt have moved to Colorado to be close to Burt's parents but, with Verona expecting their first child, Burt's parents inexplicably decide to move to Belgium, now leaving them in a place they hate and without a support structure in place. They set off on a whirlwind tour of of disparate locations where they have friends or relatives, sampling not only different cities and climates but also different families. Along the way they realize that the journey is less about discovering where they want to live and more about figuring out what type of parents they want to be.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDon't Make Me Go (2022)
A terminally ill man and his teenage daughter embark on a road trip from California to New Orleans for his 20th college reunion. While there, he secretly hopes she can reunite with the mother who left them long ago.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLand Ho! (2014)
Martha Stephens and Aaron Katz's buddy comedy Land Ho! follows former brothers-in-law Mitch (Earl Lynn Nelson) and Colin (Paul Eenhoorn) as they travel through Iceland. The pair of 70-year-olds find themselves in need of an adventure to break out of their rut, and soon the extroverted Mitch has talked Colin into the trip. Along the way they have various amorous encounters, and attempt to recapture the spirit of their youth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
SnoozefestMovies like thisSilver Linings Playbook (2012)
After losing his job and wife, and spending time in an institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets Tiffany Maxwell who offers to help him reconnect with his wife if he will do something very important for her in exchange.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThere Is a Light (2017)
Paolo is a sceptical 30-year-old who works unwillingly as a sales clerk in a Turin department store. Mia is a back-up singer in a band and lives her life haphazardly, which leads her to being practically homeless. One night, they bump into each other by chance, in a gay club in Turin. It will be the beginning of an emotional adventure and a journey across the country looking for the father of Mia’s baby.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisStuck Between Stations (2011)
A decade after they graduated from high school and went their separate ways, Casper, a soldier haunted by the horrors of war, and Rebecca, a whip-smart graduate student with a shaky future, reunite by chance and get to know each other over the course of an accidental tour of the little-known underbelly of Minneapolis. The evening's odyssey includes a bar fight, a house party, a punk-rock circus, a spontaneous burglary, a home Casper did not know he had, and a cast of strange characters, unexpected allies and disappointing friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
As Good as It Gets (1997)
A misanthropic author, a single mother and waitress, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLittle Miss Sunshine (2006)
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJack Goes Boating (2010)
A limo driver's blind date sparks a tale of love, betrayal, friendship and grace—centered on two working-class New York City couples.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLeaving Normal (1992)
Darly, a waitress with a past that's weighing her down, decides to drive to Alaska to try and come to terms with her unfortunate history. Along the way, she meets Marianne, an impulsive young woman leaving an abusive relationship. The two hit the road together and keep driving north, bonding over the hardships that they have endured and meeting a number of eccentric characters as they get closer to their destination.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
A Christmas Less Traveled (2024)
“The Dine and Dash” diner has a stack of mounting unpaid bills, forcing its owner, Desi to sell her beloved, mint condition, cherry red 1964 Ford F-100, a gift from her deceased father. As Desi visits the vintage truck one last time, she discovers a recorded message from her dad on an old audio cassette. Desi’s Dad’s voice sends her and “Old Red” out to retrace her family’s most memorable moments one last time.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Barefoot (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 thisSacramento (2025)
When free-spirited Rickey suddenly reappears in father-to-be Glenn’s life, the two former best friends embark on a spontaneous road trip from LA to Sacramento.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWaitress (2007)
A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Trouble with Bliss (2011)
35-year-old Morris Bliss is clamped in the jaws of New York City inertia: he wants to travel but has no money, he needs a job but has no prospects, he still shares an apartment with his widowed father, and the premature death of his mother has left him emotionally walled up. When he finds himself wrapped up in an awkward relationship with Stephanie, the 18-year-old daughter of a former classmate, Morris quickly discovers his static life unraveling and opening up in ways that are long overdue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLost in Translation (2003)
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisDan in Real Life (2007)
Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even more complicated when Dan finds out that the woman he falls in love with is actually his brother's new girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Little Bit of Heaven (2011)
A guarded woman finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Bucket List (2007)
Corporate billionaire Edward Cole and working class mechanic Carter Chambers are worlds apart. At a crossroads in their lives, they share a hospital room and discover they have two things in common: a desire to spend the time they have left doing everything they ever wanted to do and an unrealized need to come to terms with who they are. Together they embark on the road trip of a lifetime, becoming friends along the way and learning to live life to the fullest, with insight and humor.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAnd So It Goes (2014)
Nobody likes self-centered realtor Oren Little, and he prefers it that way. He's deliberately mean to anyone who crosses his path and wants nothing more than to sell one final house and retire. His life turns upside-down when his estranged son drops off a granddaughter he never knew existed. Suddenly left in charge of her and with no idea how to take care of a child, he pawns the girl off on his neighbor, Leah -- but he eventually learns how to open his heart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Go-Getter (2008)
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShe's in Portland (2020)
Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find Luke's "one that got away."
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Committed (2000)
After her husband, Carl, suddenly leaves, Joline travels from New York to Texas to track him down. Although Joline tries to remain upbeat, she is discouraged when she discovers that Carl already has a new girlfriend, the lovely Carmen. Familiarizing herself with Carl's new home and friends, Joline gets company in the form of her brother, Jay. Will Joline win Carl back, or are there other romantic possibilities on her horizon?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSpoiler Alert (2022)
Journalist Michael Ausiello embarks on a rollercoaster ride of emotions when Kit Cowan, his partner of 14 years, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Take Me Home?
The closest matches to Take Me Home are Gary (2026), The Puffy Chair (2006) and The Fundamentals of Caring (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Take Me Home?
People who watched Take Me Home most often go on to Gary (2026), The Puffy Chair (2006) and The Fundamentals of Caring (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Take Me Home?
Little Miss Sunshine (2006), rated 7.7/10 by 8,201 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Take Me Home?
Gary (2026) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Take Me Home?
Yes: Gary (2026), The Puffy Chair (2006) and The Fundamentals of Caring (2016).
How are movies similar to Take Me Home chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Take Me Home, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.