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10 Best Movies Like Carolina

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

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#1
After We Fell

After We Fell

2021★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carolina for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Just as Tessa's life begins to become unglued, nothing is what she thought it would be. Not her friends nor her family. The only person that she should be able to rely on is Hardin...

#2
According to Greta

According to Greta

2009★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carolina for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Event...

#3
Grandma

Grandma

2015★ 6.5

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

Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that ...

#4
Laggies

Laggies

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carolina for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think abou...

#5
Seven Minutes in Heaven

Seven Minutes in Heaven

1986★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carolina for fans of Comedy & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who has run away from home, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Case...

#6
The Souvenir

The Souvenir

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Carolina for fans of Romance. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man....

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