15 Movies Like The Tied Up Balloon
Loved The Tied Up Balloon? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
Jack the Giant Slayer
The story of an ancient war that is reignited when a young farmhand unwittingly opens a gateway between our world and a fearsome race of giants. Unleashed on the Earth for the first time in centuries, the giants strive to reclaim the land they once lost, forcing the young man, Jack into the battle of his life to stop them. Fighting for a kingdom, its people, and the love of a brave princess, he comes face to face with the unstoppable warriors he thought only existed in legend–and gets the chance to become a legend himself.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
A Thousand Words
Jack McCall is a fast-talking literary agent, who can close any deal, any time, any way. He has set his sights on New Age guru Dr. Sinja for his own selfish purposes. But Dr. Sinja is on to him, and Jack’s life comes unglued after a magical Bodhi tree mysteriously appears in his backyard. With every word Jack speaks, a leaf falls from the tree and he realizes that when the last leaf falls, both he and the tree are toast. Words have never failed Jack McCall, but now he’s got to stop talking and conjure up some outrageous ways to communicate or he’s a goner.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
Candy Cane Lane
A man, determined to win the neighborhood's annual Christmas decorating contest, makes a pact with an elf to help him win. However, the elf casts a spell bringing the twelve days of Christmas to life, bringing chaos to the small, unsuspecting town.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
Code 3
A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
Stolen Eyes
This is a story of strange, impossible, inexplicable love between a Muslim Turk woman and a non-Muslim Bulgarian man. Ivan (the Bulgarian) is a pure and romantic young fellow, who gets caught up in the so-called "regeneration process" (when ethnic Turks' names were forcibly changed to Bulgarian ones). He is responsible for the official seals, which is required to issue the new identity documents after the forced name changes. The schoolteacher Ayten tries to steal the seals, thinking that this way she can slow down the ethnic genocide. Their unexpected and unusual meeting brings these two characters together and makes them fell close, forcing Ivan to take a fateful decision -he must either "rename" Ayten, or face the consequences if he does not.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to The Tied Up Balloon.
Slumberland
A young girl discovers a secret map to the dreamworld of Slumberland, and with the help of an eccentric outlaw, she traverses dreams and flees nightmares, with the hope that she will be able to see her late father again.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
Tuesday
A mother and her teenage daughter must confront Death when it arrives in the form of an astonishing talking bird.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
The Willoughbys
When the four Willoughby children are abandoned by their selfish parents, they must learn how to adapt their Old-Fashioned values to the contemporary world in order to create something new: The Modern Family.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
Family Weekend
A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
The Odd Life of Timothy Green
A childless couple bury a box in their backyard, containing all of their wishes for an infant. Soon, a child is born, though Timothy Green is not all that he appears.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
CQ
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.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
The Clique
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
Afterlife of the Party
A social butterfly who dies during her birthday week is given a second chance to right her wrongs on Earth.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
Northfork
The year is 1955, and a great flood is coming to Northfork, Montana. A new hydroelectric dam is about to be installed in the mountains above the town, ready to submerge the valley in the name of progress. It is the responsibility of a six-man Evacuation Committee to relocate the townsfolk to higher ground. Most have duly departed, but a few stubborn stragglers remain – among them a priest caring for a sickly orphan, a boy whose fevered visions are leading him to believe he is a member of a roaming band of lost angels desperately searching for a way home.
💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked The Tied Up Balloon.
