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10 Best Movies Like Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself

If you loved Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
It's Kind of a Funny Story

It's Kind of a Funny Story

2010★ 6.9

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

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward....

#2
Lars and the Real Girl

Lars and the Real Girl

2007★ 7.2

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

Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Inte...

#3
Sometimes I Think About Dying

Sometimes I Think About Dying

2024★ 6.8

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

Fran likes to think about dying. It brings sensation to her quiet life. When she makes the new guy at work laugh, it leads to more: a date, a slice of pie, a conversation, a spark....

#4
The Hours

The Hours

2002★ 7.3

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

The story of three women searching for more potent, meaningful lives. Each is alive at a different time and place, all are linked by their yearnings and their fears. Their stories ...

#5
Sunshine Cleaning

Sunshine Cleaning

2008★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A single mother and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in this off-beat dramatic comedy. In order to raise the tuition to send her young son to pr...

#6
Dan in Real Life

Dan in Real Life

2007★ 6.6

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

Advice columnist Dan Burns is an expert on relationships, but somehow struggles to succeed as a brother, a son and a single parent to three precocious daughters. Things get even mo...

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