Movies Like Wish Upon a Star

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

The Paper Brigade

1996·1h 30m·★ 6.8·Blair Treu

2 shared crewDir. Blair TreuDP: Brian Sullivan

The Last Day of Summer

2008·1h 23m·★ 5.2·Blair Treu

2 shared crewDir. Blair TreuDP: Brian Sullivan

Little Secrets

2002·1h 36m·★ 6.4·Blair Treu

2 shared crewDir. Blair TreuDP: Brian Sullivan

Freaky Friday

2003·1h 37m·★ 6.4·Mark Waters

Themes: teen comedy, body-swapFans also likedFamily & Fantasy & Comedy

Your Name.

2016·1h 46m·★ 8.4·Makoto Shinkai

Themes: comet, body-swap

Ratatouille

2007·1h 51m·★ 8.1·Brad Bird

TMDB recommendsComedy & Family & Fantasy

Addams Family Values

1993·1h 34m·★ 6.9·Barry Sonnenfeld

TMDB recommendsComedy & Family & Fantasy

Pleasantville

1998·2h 4m·★ 7.5·Gary Ross

TMDB recommendsFantasy & Comedy

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008·2h 30m·★ 6.5·Andrew Adamson

TMDB recommendsFamily & Fantasy

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

2011·1h 18m·★ 7.4·Robert Hughes

Fans also likedComedy & Family & TV Movie

Freakier Friday

2025·1h 50m·★ 6.2·Nisha Ganatra

Fans also likedComedy & Fantasy & Family

Teen Beach 2

2015·1h 44m·★ 5.9·Jeffrey Hornaday

Fans also likedTV Movie & Family & Comedy & Fantasy

Twitches

2005·1h 26m·★ 5.8·Stuart Gillard

Fans also likedComedy & Family & Fantasy & TV Movie

The Gnome-Mobile

1967·1h 25m·★ 6.5·Robert Stevenson

Fans also likedFantasy & Comedy & Family

Freaky Friday

1976·1h 35m·★ 6.3·Gary Nelson

Fans also likedFantasy & Comedy & Family

Zapped

2014·1h 34m·★ 5.0·Peter DeLuise

Fans also likedTV Movie & Comedy & Family

Alley Cats Strike

2000·1h 27m·★ 6.0·Rod Daniel

Fans also likedFamily & Comedy & TV Movie

27 Dresses

2008·1h 51m·★ 6.1·Anne Fletcher

Fans also likedStarring Katherine Heigl

Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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Little Miss Sunshine

2006·1h 42m·★ 7.8·Valerie Faris

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How Good Is Wish Upon a Star?

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