Films like Defending Your Life (1991)

Defending Your Life (1991) is comedy, drama, fantasy, romance. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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A Chinese Odyssey Part Two: Cinderella (1995)

Also comedy and drama. 7.7/10

This sequel to "Pandora's Box" continues director Jeffrey Lau's adaptation of the Buddhism saga "Journey to the West". Stranded five centuries in the past, Joker Monkey King must…
The Family Man (2000)

Also comedy and drama. 6.8/10

Jack's lavish, fast-paced lifestyle changes one Christmas night when he stumbles into a grocery store holdup and disarms the gunman. The next morning he wakes up in bed lying next…
Swiss Army Man (2016)

Also comedy and drama. 6.9/10

Alone on a tiny deserted island, Hank has given up all hope of ever making it home again. But one day everything changes when a dead body washes ashore, and he soon realizes it…
Shallow Hal (2001)

Also comedy and drama. 6.2/10

After taking his dying father's advice, Hal dates only the embodiments of female physical perfection. But that all changes after Hal has an unexpected run-in with self-help guru…
Stranger Than Fiction (2006)

Also comedy and drama. 7.3/10

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life.
Mind Game (2004)

Also comedy and drama. 7.5/10

Nishi is a loser who has a crush on his childhood girlfriend. After an encounter with the Japanese mafia, he journeys to heaven and back, and ends up trapped in an even more…
Warm Water Under a Red Bridge (2001)

Also comedy and drama. 6.6/10

A down-and-out businessman travels to a seaside town, where he meets a woman with unusual sexual powers.
A Chinese Odyssey Part One: Pandora's Box (1995)

Also comedy and drama. 7.5/10

When the Goddess of Happiness tosses the Longevity Monk and his disciples out of heaven (because the Monkey King tried to attain immortality), the Monkey King is reincarnated as…
A Dog's Will (2000)

Also comedy and drama. 8.4/10

The lively João Grilo and the sly Chicó are poor guys living in the hinterland who cheat a bunch of people in a small town in Northeastern Brazil. When they die, they have to be…
Ghost Town (2008)

Also comedy and drama. 6.5/10

Bertram Pincus, a cranky, people-hating Manhattan dentist, develops the unwelcome ability to see dead people. Really annoying dead people. Even worse, they all want something from…
Sliding Doors (1998)

Also comedy and drama. 6.6/10

Helen, a London ad executive, is fired from her job and rushes out to catch a train, but, as she runs down, her life suddenly splits off. In one version she catches the train; in…
TiMER (2009)

Also comedy and drama. 6.3/10

When implanted in a person's wrist, a TiMER counts down to the day the wearer finds true love. But Oona O'Leary faces the rare dilemma of a blank TiMER. Her soul mate - whoever…
Ruby Sparks (2012)

Also comedy and drama. 7.1/10

Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a…
Tokyo! (2008)

Also comedy and drama. 6.9/10

Three distinct tales unfold in the bustling city of Tokyo. Merde, a bizarre sewer-dweller, emerges from a manhole and begins terrorizing pedestrians. After his arrest, he stands…
Angel-A (2005)

Also comedy and drama. 7.0/10

A beautiful and mysterious woman helps an inept scam artist get his game together... but is their meeting purely coincidence?
Arizona Dream (1993)

Also comedy and drama. 7.1/10

Rebellious young Axel Blackmar gets caught up into the family car business when his cousin, Paul, coaxes him to come to Arizona to attend the wedding of their Uncle Leo. As Axel…
Ride Your Wave (2019)

Also comedy and drama. 7.6/10

Hinako is a surf-loving college student who has just moved to a small seaside town. When a sudden fire breaks out at her apartment building, she is rescued by Minato, a handsome…
Alice (1990)

Also comedy and drama. 6.3/10

Alice Tate, mother of two, with a marriage of 16 years, finds herself falling for a handsome sax player, Joe. Stricken with a backache, she consults herbalist Dr. Yang, who…
Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Also comedy and drama. 6.7/10

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that…
Wristcutters: A Love Story (2007)

Also comedy and drama. 7.0/10

Zia, distraught over breaking up with his girlfriend, decides to end it all. Unfortunately, he discovers that there is no real ending, only a run-down afterlife that is strikingly…
The Misfits Club (2014)

Also comedy and drama. 6.8/10

Valeria has just moved to Madrid after her parent's separation. What at first seems a bad start for her new life becomes the beginning of an amazing life experience. New…
Vishwanath & Sons (2026)

Also comedy and drama. 7.3/10

A celebrated Olympian shooter travels to America looking for a donor to help his sick child — but unexpected romance complicates his search.
Practical Magic (1998)

Also comedy and fantasy. 6.8/10

Sally and Gillian Owens, born into a magical family, have mostly avoided witchcraft themselves. But when Gillian's vicious boyfriend, Jimmy Angelov, dies unexpectedly, the Owens…
Practical Magic 2 (2026)

Also comedy and fantasy. 6.1/10

The Owens sisters must confront the dark curse that threatens to unravel their family once and for all.