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10 Best Movies Like How to Be

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

#1
Submarine

Submarine

2011★ 7.4

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

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high scho...

#2
I Believe in Unicorns

I Believe in Unicorns

2015★ 6.3

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

Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter....

#3
The Haunted Airman

The Haunted Airman

2006★ 4.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How to Be for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An injured RAF pilot, confined to a wheelchair is committed to an eerie hospital where he starts to lose his mind....

#4
Imagine Me & You

Imagine Me & You

2006★ 7.6

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

During her wedding ceremony, Rachel notices Luce in the audience and feels instantly drawn to her. The two women become close friends, and when Rachel learns that Luce is a lesbian...

#5
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days

2003★ 6.9

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

It's the battle of wills, as Andie needs to prove she can dump a guy in 10 days, whereas Ben needs to prove he can win a girl in 10 days. Now, the clock is ticking—and the wildly e...

#6
Paper Towns

Paper Towns

2015★ 6.2

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

Quentin Jacobsen has spent a lifetime loving the magnificently adventurous Margo Roth Spiegelman from afar. So when she cracks open a window and climbs back into his life dressed l...