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10 Best Movies Like The Boomerang

If you loved The Boomerang, 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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Numb

2007★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boomerang for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hudson Milbank is a successful Hollywood screenwriter who suddenly and strangely finds himself without any emotional feelings. He tries doctor after doctor and shrink after shrink,...

#2
The Baltimorons

The Baltimorons

2025★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boomerang for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together....

#3
Mumford

Mumford

1999★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boomerang for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When a would-be psychologist, curiously named Dr. Mumford, comes to the idyllic town of the same name and offers his talent for listening and a disarming frankness, the town's quir...

#4
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger

2010★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boomerang for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with ...

#5
Greenberg

Greenberg

2010★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boomerang for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Roger Greenberg, a failed musician now making a living as a carpenter in New York, returns to Los Angeles to house-sit for his brother. He's stranded there—since he doesn't drive—u...

#6
The Good House

The Good House

2021★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Boomerang for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Hildy Good, a wry New England realtor and descendant of the Salem witches who loves her wine and loves her secrets. Her compartmentalized life starts to unravel as she rekindles an...

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