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10 Best Movies Like Garden State

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

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#1
Wish I Was Here

Wish I Was Here

2014★ 6.5

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

Aidan Bloom, a struggling actor, father and husband, is 35 years old and still trying to find a purpose for his life. He and his wife are barely getting by financially and Aidan pa...

#2
The Ex

The Ex

2006★ 5.3

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

When his lawyer wife, Sofia, becomes pregnant, chronic underachiever Tom Reilly must take a job at his father-in-law's advertising firm. Tom has to adjust to the demands of a very ...

#3
Stranger Than Fiction

Stranger Than Fiction

2006★ 7.3

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

Harold Crick is a lonely IRS agent whose mundane existence is transformed when he hears a mysterious voice narrating his life....

#4
About Last Night...

About Last Night...

1986★ 6.0

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

A man and woman meet and try to have a romantic affair, despite their personal problems and the interference of their disapproving friends....

#5
Kontroll

Kontroll

2003★ 7.2

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

A tale about a strange young man, Bulcsú, and the fellow ticket inspectors on his team who work aboard the subterranean Budapest Metro. A tale about racing along the tracks, and ab...

#6
Goodbye Bafana

Goodbye Bafana

2007★ 6.9

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

The true story of a white South African racist whose life was profoundly altered by the black prisoner he guarded for twenty years. The prisoner's name was Nelson Mandela....