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10 Best Movies Like Trainwreck: Balloon Boy

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

#1
Trainwreck: P.I. Moms

Trainwreck: P.I. Moms

2025★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainwreck: Balloon Boy for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

This tell-all documentary investigates an early 2000s reality show about private eye moms and the drug scandal that sabotaged the series and its stars....

#2
Airplane II: The Sequel

Airplane II: The Sequel

1982★ 6.1

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

A faulty computer causes a passenger space shuttle to head straight for the sun, and man-with-a-past Ted Striker must save the day and get the shuttle back on track – again – all t...

#3
Trainwreck: The Real Project X

Trainwreck: The Real Project X

2025★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainwreck: Balloon Boy for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A night of drunken chaos rocks a quiet Dutch town in this shocking documentary about a teen's birthday invite that accidentally went viral on Facebook....

#4
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy

Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy

2025★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainwreck: Balloon Boy for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Featuring exclusive interviews with survivors, paramedics and festival staff, this documentary examines the 2021 Astroworld tragedy and its aftermath....

#5
Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning

Jim Thorpe: Lit by Lightning

2025★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainwreck: Balloon Boy for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Jim Thorpe was a Native American icon whose athletic prowess reshaped the landscape of 20th-century sports, defying the brutal challenges of racial prejudice along the way. Based o...

#6
Kate & Leopold

Kate & Leopold

2001★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Trainwreck: Balloon Boy for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When her scientist ex-boyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time -- and brings back a 19th-century nobleman named Leopold to prove it -- a skeptical Kate reluctantly takes...