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10 Best Movies Like State Fair

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

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#1
Return to Zero

Return to Zero

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Based on the true story of a successful couple, Maggie and Aaron who are preparing for the arrival of their first child....

#2
Girl in the Box

Girl in the Box

2016★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The true story of 20-year-old Colleen Stan, a hitchhiking woman abducted by a young couple and held captive for seven years, during which time she's tortured and forced to live as ...

#3
The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is ...

#4
Normal

Normal

2003★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A Midwestern husband and father announces his plan to have a sex change operation....

#5
Paradise

Paradise

1991★ 6.2

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

A 10-year-old boy spends a summer in the country with a childless couple and a precocious girl....

#6
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to State Fair for fans of TV Movie & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

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