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10 Best Movies Like The Big Thing

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

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#1
Bus Stop

Bus Stop

1956★ 6.1

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

Cowboys Beauregard Decker and Virgil Blessing attend a rodeo in Phoenix, where Decker falls in love with beautiful cafe singer Cherie. He wants to take Cherie back to his native Mo...

#2
Wild Hogs

Wild Hogs

2007★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Big Thing for fans of Action. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Restless and ready for an adventure, four suburban bikers leave the safety of their subdivision and head out on the open road. But complications ensue when they cross paths with an...

#3
A Man Called Otto

A Man Called Otto

2022★ 7.8

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

When a lively young family moves in next door, grumpy widower Otto Anderson meets his match in a quick-witted, pregnant woman named Marisol, leading to an unlikely friendship that ...

#4
Tommy Boy

Tommy Boy

1995★ 6.8

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

To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences....

#5
Watching the Detectives

Watching the Detectives

2007★ 6.3

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

Neil, a self-proclaimed film geek and owner of Gumshoe video, has always been content to live vicariously through his favorite films noir. But when he meets Violet, a real-life fem...

#6
What About Bob?

What About Bob?

1991★ 6.9

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

Before going on vacation, self-involved psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin has the misfortune of taking on a new patient: Bob Wiley. An exemplar of neediness and a compendium of phobias, ...

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