Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 16, 2026

10 Best Movies Like About a Girl

If you loved About a Girl, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Girl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#2
Death at a Funeral

Death at a Funeral

2007★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Girl for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A myriad of outrageous calamities befalls an eccentric English clan with more than a few skeletons in its closets when the family's patriarch dies an unexpected death....

#3
I Like Movies

I Like Movies

2023★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Girl for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager....

#4
Before I Fall

Before I Fall

2017★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Girl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Samantha Kingston has everything. Then, everything changes. After one fateful night, she wakes up with no future at all. Trapped into reliving the same day over and over, she begin...

#5
Moxie

Moxie

2021★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Girl for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school....

#6
Ghost World

Ghost World

2001★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About a Girl for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector...

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