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10 Best Movies Like When I Grow Up

If you loved When I Grow Up, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
O'Dessa

O'Dessa

2025★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Grow Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A farm girl is on an epic quest to recover a cherished family heirloom. Her journey leads her to a strange and dangerous city where she meets her one true love – but in order to sa...

#2
Rock & Rule

Rock & Rule

1983★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Grow Up for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A malevolent rock star kidnaps a female singer to force her to participate in the summoning of a demon and her band must help her stop him....

#3
Upgrade

Upgrade

2018★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Grow Up for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

A brutal mugging leaves Grey Trace paralyzed in the hospital and his beloved wife dead. A billionaire inventor soon offers Trace a cure — an artificial intelligence implant called ...

#4
The Matrix Resurrections

The Matrix Resurrections

2021★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Grow Up for fans of Sci-Fi. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Plagued by strange memories, Neo's life takes an unexpected turn when he finds himself back inside the Matrix....

#5
The Giver

The Giver

2014★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Grow Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "r...

#6
Right at Your Door

Right at Your Door

2006★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to When I Grow Up for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A dirty bomb goes off in Los Angeles, jamming freeways and spreading a toxic cloud....

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