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10 Best Movies Like Inventing the Abbotts

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

#1
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress

2002★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inventing the Abbotts for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the Cultural Revolution, two young men are sent to a remote mining village where they fall in love with the local tailor's beautiful granddaughter and discover a suitcase fu...

#2
Intersection

Intersection

1994★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inventing the Abbotts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During a car accident, Vincent Eastman watches his whole life flash before his eyes, and he doesn't like what he sees. While maintaining the semblance of a marriage with his wife, ...

#3
All Things Fair

All Things Fair

1995★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inventing the Abbotts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Stig is a 15-year-old pupil of 37-year-old teacher Viola. He is attracted by her beauty and maturity while she is drawn to him by his youth and innocence, a relief from her drunk a...

#4
Swimfan

Swimfan

2002★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inventing the Abbotts for fans of Drama & Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ben Cronin has it all: the admiration of his many friends, a terrific girlfriend, and he's on the fast-track to an athletic scholarship. Ben's rock-solid, promising future and roma...

#5
Enemies Closer

Enemies Closer

2013★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inventing the Abbotts for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After a major shipment of drugs goes missing on the US-Canadian border, forest ranger and former Navy SEAL Henry is plunged into survival mode when the drug cartel forces him to he...

#6
Pushing Tin

Pushing Tin

1999★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Inventing the Abbotts for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two air traffic controllers who thrive on living dangerously compete to outdo each other on several levels....