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10 Best Movies Like One in a Thousand

If you loved One in a Thousand, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Destroy All Monsters

Destroy All Monsters

1968★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to One in a Thousand for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the turn of the century, all of the Earth's monsters have been rounded up and kept safely on Monsterland. Chaos erupts when a race of she-aliens known as the Kilaaks unleash the...

#2
Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

Everything Everything Nothing Nothing

2012★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to One in a Thousand for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace so...

#3
Bubba Ho-tep

Bubba Ho-tep

2002★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to One in a Thousand for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really became of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis i...

#4
Pete's Dragon

Pete's Dragon

1977★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to One in a Thousand for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Pete, a young orphan, runs away to a Maine fishing town with his best friend a lovable, sometimes invisible dragon named Elliott! When they are taken in by a kind lighthouse keeper...

#5
Waking Ned

Waking Ned

1998★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to One in a Thousand for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a lottery winner dies of shock, his fellow townsfolk attempt to claim the money....

#6
The Man Who Knew Too Much

The Man Who Knew Too Much

1934★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to One in a Thousand for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

While vacationing in St. Moritz, a British couple receive a clue to an imminent assassination attempt, only to learn that their daughter has been kidnapped to keep them quiet....