🎬 Movies Like Good Will Hunting

Loved Good Will Hunting (1997)? A touching tale of a wayward young man who struggles to find his identity, living in a world where he can solve any problem, except the one brewing deep within himself, until one day he meets his soul mate who opens his mind and his heart.. Here are 25 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore Good Will Hunting itself.

1. 1
   My Own Private Idaho1991

   6.9 IMDb79% RT critics80% RT audience71% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Gus Van Sant; Both are drama films

2. 2
   Amélie2001

   8.3 IMDb90% RT critics95% RT audience79% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim90·95

   Both are romance films; Matching funny, emotional tone

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   A Beautiful Mind2001

   8.2 IMDb74% RT critics93% RT audience79% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser74·93

   Shared themes: math professor, math genius, mathematics; Matching cerebral, emotional tone

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   212008

   6.8 IMDb36% RT critics66% RT audience67% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Matching tense, dark tone

5. 5
   Dead Poets Society1989

   8.1 IMDb85% RT critics92% RT audience83% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim85·92

   Often recommended together; Both are drama films

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   Forrest Gump1994

   8.8 IMDb75% RT critics82% Metacritic95% RT audience85% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser75·95

   Both are romance/drama films; Matching emotional, light tone

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   Gerry2002

   6.0 IMDb61% RT critics60% RT audience61% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Gus Van Sant, writer Matt Damon; Matching cerebral, emotional tone

8. 8
   Finding Forrester2000

   7.3 IMDb74% RT critics79% RT audience71% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Gus Van Sant; Matching emotional, light tone

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   True Romance1993

   7.9 IMDb93% RT critics93% RT audience75% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·93

   Both are romance/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

10. 10
    The Social Network2010

    7.8 IMDb96% RT critics87% RT audience74% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Matching emotional, cerebral tone

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    Life Is Beautiful1997

    8.6 IMDb80% RT critics96% RT audience84% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser80·96

    Both are romance/drama films; Matching funny, emotional tone

12. 12
    Brokeback Mountain2005

    7.7 IMDb88% RT critics82% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim88·82

    Both are romance/drama films; Matching emotional tone

13. 13
    Detachment2011

    7.7 IMDb59% RT critics74% RT audience76% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser59·74

    Often recommended together; Both are drama films

14. 14
    Chasing Amy1997

    7.2 IMDb86% RT critics83% RT audience68% TMDB

    Shared talent: Ben Affleck, Matt Damon; Both are romance/drama films

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    The Man Without a Face1993

    6.7 IMDb68% RT critics64% RT audience66% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are drama films

16. 16
    Little Children2006

    7.5 IMDb81% RT critics82% RT audience71% TMDB

    Shared themes: boston, massachusetts, set in boston, set in united states; Both are romance/drama films

17. 17
    Leaving Las Vegas1995

    7.5 IMDb91% RT critics85% RT audience73% TMDB

    Both are romance/drama films; Matching emotional tone

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    The Remains of the Day1993

    7.8 IMDb96% RT critics89% RT audience74% TMDB

    Both are romance/drama films; Matching emotional tone

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    The Notebook2004

    7.8 IMDb54% RT critics85% RT audience79% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser54·85

    Both are romance/drama films; Matching emotional tone

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    Chocolat2000

    7.2 IMDb63% RT critics83% RT audience70% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser63·83

    Both are romance/drama films; Matching emotional tone

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    Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?1966

    8.0 IMDb96% RT critics90% RT audience77% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are drama films

22. 22
    Creed III2023

    6.7 IMDb89% RT critics95% RT audience71% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: prodigy

23. 23
    I Never Sang for My Father1970

    7.4 IMDb100% RT critics84% RT audience67% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Both are drama films

24. 24
    The Book of Henry2017

    6.6 IMDb21% RT critics64% RT audience75% TMDB⚡ Polarizing21·64

    Often recommended together

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    Home Run2013

    5.9 IMDb55% RT critics81% RT audience62% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Matching emotional, intense tone