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10 Best Movies Like The Wish Writer

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

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#1
A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

1997★ 6.4

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

Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and ...

#2
A Veteran's Christmas

A Veteran's Christmas

2018★ 6.5

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

Captain Grace Garland, a decorated U.S. veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must red...

#3
Won't Back Down

Won't Back Down

2012★ 6.1

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

Jamie Fitzpatrick and Nona Alberts are two women from opposites sides of the social and economic track, but they have one thing in common: a mission to fix their community's broken...

#4
Magic Stocking

Magic Stocking

2015★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wish Writer for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A young widow finds a tattered old Christmas stocking at a Holiday craft sale, but is skeptical of its magic when it seems to create small trinkets on its own....

#5
A Bramble House Christmas

A Bramble House Christmas

2017★ 6.4

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

While settling his father’s estate, Finn Conrad becomes suspicious as to why the man left a nurse $100,000. His dad knew her for less than two months before he died. Just before Ch...

#6
The Christmas Note

The Christmas Note

2015★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Wish Writer for fans of Family. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Having just moved back to her hometown without her serviceman husband but with her young son, Gretchen Daniels finds her life in disarray as Christmas approaches. But she discovers...

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