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10 Best Movies Like Harrie Takes Off

If you loved Harrie Takes Off, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Harriet the Spy

Harriet the Spy

1996★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Harrie Takes Off for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Harriet may only be in the sixth grade, but she's already found her calling: to be a spy. In a private journal she takes everywhere, Harriet records suspicious activity and keeps a...

#2
Boeing, Boeing

Boeing, Boeing

1965★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Harrie Takes Off for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Living in Paris, journalist Bernard has devised a scheme to keep three fiancées: Lufthansa, Air France and British United. Everything works fine as long as they only come home ever...

#3
Second Act

Second Act

2018★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Harrie Takes Off for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Value Shop assistant manager Maya Vargas wants only one thing for her 43rd birthday -- a promotion. While her résumé may not scream upper management, her track record certainly doe...

#4
Overboard

Overboard

1987★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Harrie Takes Off for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Heiress Joanna Stayton hires carpenter Dean Proffitt to build a closet on her yacht—and refuses to pay him for the project when it's done. But after Joanna accidentally falls overb...

#5
The Tarnished Angels

The Tarnished Angels

1957★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Harrie Takes Off for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In the 1930s, once-great World War I pilot Roger Shumann performs as a daredevil barnstorming pilot at aerial stunt shows while his wife, LaVerne, works as a parachutist. When news...

#6
Fate Is the Hunter

Fate Is the Hunter

1964★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Harrie Takes Off for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An airline executive refuses to believe that pilot error, by his friend, caused a fatal crash and persists in looking for another reason....

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