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10 Best Movies Like Grow Up

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

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#1
Mary

Mary

2024★ 6.2

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

A miraculous conception. A merciless king. A murderous pursuit. Mary's journey to give birth to Jesus unfolds in this biblical coming-of-age epic....

#2
The Myth of the American Sleepover

The Myth of the American Sleepover

2011★ 6.1

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

Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer....

#3
The Wackness

The Wackness

2008★ 6.4

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

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. ...

#4
That's What I Am

That's What I Am

2011★ 6.8

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

A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridi...

#5
George Washington

George Washington

2000★ 6.7

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

During an innocent game in an abandoned amusement park, a member of the group dies. Narrated by one of the children, the film follows the kids as they struggle to balance their own...

#6
Jack

Jack

1996★ 6.3

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

Born with a rare condition that makes him age four times faster than normal, ten-year-old Jack Powell looks like a forty-year-old man. After years of homeschooling, he enters publi...

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