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10 Best Movies Like Picnic

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

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#1
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1993★ 6.1

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

When Crystal Wyatt was 16 her father passed away. From that time her life would never be the same. Crystal is banished from the family ranch, and starts a new life as a singer in a...

#2
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

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

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#3
The Radiator Springs 500½

The Radiator Springs 500½

2014★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Picnic for fans of Animation. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A 'leisurely drive' planned in honor of Radiator Springs’ town founder, Stanley, turns precarious as Baja pros descend on the town and challenge Lightning McQueen to an off-road ra...

#4
Alice in Wonderland

Alice in Wonderland

1999★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Picnic for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Alice follows a white rabbit down a rabbit-hole into a whimsical Wonderland, where she meets characters like the delightful Cheshire Cat, the clumsy White Knight, a rude caterpilla...

#5
Back to School

Back to School

1986★ 6.3

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

Self-made millionaire Thornton Melon decides to get a better education and enrolls at his son Jason's college. While Jason tries to fit in with his fellow students, Thornton strugg...

#6
Re-Elected

Re-Elected

2020★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Picnic for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Friends battle former U.S. presidents when they come back from the dead as zombies on the Fourth of July....