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10 Best Movies Like The Imaginary Girl

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

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#1
Love You to Death

Love You to Death

2019★ 7.6

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

Inspired by a true story, this film tells the shocking tale of a mother and daughter who are nothing like they seem, their tumultuous relationship ending in a brutal murder....

#2
Pin Cushion

Pin Cushion

2018★ 6.4

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

Super close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona b...

#3
Gimme Shelter

Gimme Shelter

2013★ 6.6

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

After running away from her abusive mother, a streetwise teen seeks refuge with her father, but he rejects her when he learns that she's pregnant....

#4
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022★ 7.6

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

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explore...

#5
Boyhood

Boyhood

2014★ 7.5

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

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, ...

#6
Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984★ 5.8

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

Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceano...

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