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10 Best Movies Like A Steven Wright Special

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

#1
The Barbie Diaries

The Barbie Diaries

2006★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Steven Wright Special for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Barbie is disheartened when Todd breaks her heart and goes back to his former girlfriend. But things change when she comes across a diary, which makes her wishes come true....

#2
The World of Apu

The World of Apu

1959★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Steven Wright Special for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Apu, now a jobless ex-student dreaming vaguely of a future as a writer, is invited to join an old college friend on a trip up-country to a village wedding....

#3
Metropolis

Metropolis

1927★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Steven Wright Special for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a futuristic city sharply divided between the rich and the poor, the son of the city's mastermind meets a prophet who predicts the coming of a savior to mediate their difference...

#4
Life Is Sweet

Life Is Sweet

1990★ 7.0

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

Just north of London live Wendy, Andy, and their twenty-something twins, Natalie and Nicola. Wendy clerks in a shop, Andy is a cook who forever puts off home remodeling projects, N...

#5
Alice

Alice

1990★ 6.3

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

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who realize...

#6
You Only Live Twice

You Only Live Twice

1967★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to A Steven Wright Special for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A mysterious spacecraft captures Russian and American space capsules and brings the two superpowers to the brink of war. James Bond investigates the case in Japan and comes face to...