Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 08, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Girlfriends

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

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#1
Carrie Pilby

Carrie Pilby

2017★ 6.8

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

Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old genius is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC...

#2
Frances Ha

Frances Ha

2013★ 7.3

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

An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks....

#3
Little Men

Little Men

2016★ 6.4

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

Jake is a quiet, sensitive middle schooler with dreams of being an artist. He meets the affably brash Tony at his grandfather's funeral, and the unlikely pair soon hit it off. The ...

#4
Young Adult

Young Adult

2011★ 5.8

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

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family....

#5
Paper Man

Paper Man

2009★ 6.3

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

A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, al...

#6
Killer's Kiss

Killer's Kiss

1955★ 6.4

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

Davey Gordon, a New York City boxer at the end of his career, falls for dancer Gloria Price. However, their budding relationship is interrupted by Gloria's violent boss, Vincent Ra...

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