Movies like O. Henry's Full House: 20 to watch next
If you loved O. Henry's Full House (1952) — a comedy and drama film directed by Henry Hathaway and Howard Hawks — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of O. Henry's Full House most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like anthology, bum and based on short story. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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The House of Tomorrow 2019★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Comedy
The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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On Becoming a Guinea Fowl 2024★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Hard to Die 1990★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy
While doing the inventory for a lingerie outlet in a high rise office building, five attractive women are terrorized by a series of bizarre killings. They suspect that the strange janitor, who witnessed another series of killings six months previously, is at the bottom of the whole thing. Little do they know the real horror that they face in the end.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Beanie Bubble 2023★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Ty was a frustrated toy salesman until his collaboration with three women turned his stuffed animals into a defining '90s trend. This behind-the-scenes look at history's biggest toy craze is a wild story about what—and who—is valued in this world.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
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Small Apartments 2012★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When a clumsy deadbeat accidentally kills his landlord, he must do everything in his power to hide the body, only to find that the distractions of lust, the death of his beloved brother, and a crew of misfit characters force him on a journey where a fortune awaits him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Kinds of Kindness 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A triptych fable following a man without choice who tries to take control of his own life; a policeman who is alarmed that his wife who was missing-at-sea has returned and seems a different person; and a woman determined to find a specific someone with a special ability, who is destined to become a prodigious spiritual leader.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
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A Futile and Stupid Gesture 2018★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In a life full of triumph and failure, "National Lampoon" co-founder Doug Kenney built a comedy empire, molding pop culture in the 1970s.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Landline 2017★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Batman: Gotham Knight 2008★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
Six interlocking stories reveal Bruce Wayne's earliest adventures as Batman and the steps he took to become the grim avenger of Gotham City.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Critical Care 1997★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Werner Ernst is a young hospital resident who becomes embroiled in a legal battle between two half-sisters who are fighting over the care of their comatose father. But are they really fighting over their father's care, or over his $10 million estate? Meanwhile, Werner must contend with his nutty supervisor, who insists that he only care for patients with full insurance. Can Werner sidestep the hospital's legal team and do what's best for the patient?
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
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Savage House 2026★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Against the backdrop of 18th century England, a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – Sir Chauncey Savage and Lady Savage blindly pursue a better life. It's not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a Savage House indeed, filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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CQ 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi film's starlet.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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¿Y cómo es él? 2022★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Thomas is a meek man on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Despite his situation he decides to fake a work trip to go to Vallarta to confront Jero, a taxi driver who is sleeping with his wife.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Legend of Barney Thomson 2015★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Run 1991★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
When a law student accidentally kills the son of a mob boss in a fight, he finds himself relentlessly pursued by the mob and the police.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex *But Were Afraid to Ask 1972★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy
A collection of seven vignettes, which each address a question concerning human sexuality. From aphrodisiacs to sexual perversion to the mystery of the male orgasm, characters like a court jester, a doctor, a queen and a journalist adventure through lab experiments and game shows, all seeking answers to common questions that many would never ask.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Disgrace 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Disgrace is the story of a South African professor of English who loses everything: his reputation, his job, his peace of mind, his good looks, his dreams of artistic success, and finally even his ability to protect his cherished daughter. After having an affair with a student, he moves to the Eastern Cape, where he gets caught up in a mess of post-apartheid politics.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Somewhere in Queens 2023★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Leo and Angela Russo live a simple life in Queens, surrounded by their overbearing Italian-American family. When their son finds success on his high school basketball team, Leo tears the family apart trying to make it happen.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fat Kid Rules The World 2012★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Tyler Perry's Madea on the Run - The Play 2017★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In trouble with the local authorities, Mabel Simmons, notoriously known as Madea, is on the run from the law. With no place to turn, she moves in with her friend Bam who is recovering from surgery. Unbeknownst to Bam however, Madea is only using the "concerned friend" gag as a way to hide out from the police.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now