
10 Best Movies Like What's Eating Gilbert Grape
If you loved What's Eating Gilbert Grape, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Safe Haven
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Eating Gilbert Grape for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.
A young woman with a mysterious past lands in Southport, North Carolina where her bond with a widower forces her to confront the dark secret that haunts her....

The Bridges of Madison County
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Eating Gilbert Grape for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Photographer Robert Kincaid wanders into the life of housewife Francesca Johnson for four days in the 1960s....

Stanley & Iris
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Eating Gilbert Grape for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
An illiterate cook at a company cafeteria tries for the attention of a newly widowed woman. As they get to know one another, she discovers his inability to read. When he is fired, ...

Our Souls at Night
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Eating Gilbert Grape for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Addie Moore and Louis Waters, a widow and widower, have lived next to each other for years. The pair have almost no relationship, but that all changes when Addie tries to make a co...

The Time Traveler's Wife
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Eating Gilbert Grape for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
Due to a genetic disorder, handsome librarian Henry DeTamble involuntarily zips through time, appearing at various moments in the life of his true love, the beautiful artist Clare ...

The Object of My Affection
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to What's Eating Gilbert Grape for fans of Romance & Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbear...