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10 Best Movies Like The Favorite Words

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

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#1
Keith

Keith

2008★ 7.0

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

Natalie is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even...

#2
Albatross

Albatross

2011★ 6.0

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

Beth, a bookish teenager, befriends Emilia, an aspiring novelist who has just arrived in town. Emilia soon begins an affair with Beth's father that threatens to have devastating co...

#3
Love, Rosie

Love, Rosie

2014★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Favorite Words for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, a...

#4
The Kissing Booth

The Kissing Booth

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Favorite Words for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend....

#5
Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

1996★ 6.7

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

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier...

#6
For a Handful of Kisses

For a Handful of Kisses

2014★ 6.9

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

A girl. A boy. A love story. But also about dreams, fears, life, true love, friendship and how we deal with it. And a secret between them......

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