
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.

Cha Cha Real Smooth
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garden State for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Fresh out of college and stuck at his New Jersey home without a clear path forward, 22-year-old Andrew begins working as a party starter for bar/bat mitzvahs—where he strikes up a ...

Demolition
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garden State for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
An emotionally desperate investment banker finds hope through a woman he meets....

Broken Flowers
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garden State for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Introverted Don Johnston receives an anonymous letter from an ex-lover informing him that he has a son who may be looking for him. A freelance sleuth neighbor motivates Don to emba...

Jersey Girl
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garden State for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Ollie Trinke is a young, suave music publicist who seems to have it all, with a new wife and a baby on the way. But life deals him a bum hand when he's suddenly faced with single f...

Lars and the Real Girl
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garden State for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
Extremely shy Lars finds it impossible to make friends or socialize. His brother and sister-in-law worry about him, so when he announces that he has a girlfriend he met on the Inte...

The Upside of Anger
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Garden State for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
After her husband runs off with his secretary, Terry Wolfmeyer is left to fend for herself -- and her four daughters. As she hits rock bottom, Terry finds a friend and drinking bud...