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10 Best Movies Like The Cardboard Window

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

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#1
Life-Size

Life-Size

2000★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Window for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Sad and lonely after the death of her mother, Casey would do anything to see her again. But when a series of mystic mishaps mistakenly brings her fashion doll “Eve” to life instead...

#2
Rudderless

Rudderless

2014★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Window for fans of Music. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A grieving father in a downward spiral stumbles across a box of his recently deceased son's demo tapes and lyrics. Shocked by the discovery of this unknown talent, he forms a band ...

#3
The Forgotten

The Forgotten

2004★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Window for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Telly Paretta is a grieving mother struggling to cope with the loss of her 9-year-old son. She is stunned when her psychiatrist reveals that she has created nine years of memories ...

#4
The Keeping Hours

The Keeping Hours

2017★ 7.0

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

A supernatural love story that centers on two parents whose life together falls apart after their son dies. The man, now a successful lawyer, and the woman, now married and an auth...

#5
My Girl 2

My Girl 2

1994★ 6.1

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

Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do an essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but qu...

#6
This Is Where I Leave You

This Is Where I Leave You

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Window for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When their father passes away, four grown, world-weary siblings return to their childhood home and are requested -- with an admonition -- to stay there together for a week, along w...

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