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10 Best Movies Like Growing Pains

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

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#1
Monster High: Fright On!

Monster High: Fright On!

2011★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Growing Pains for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

See what happens when the student bodies of an all-vampire school and an all-werewolf school integrate with Monster High....

#2
Big Bad Wolf

Big Bad Wolf

2006★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Growing Pains for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

In Cameron, a group of hunters is attacked by a wild animal, and Charlie Cowley survives, but sees his brother Scott dying. Seven years later, his teenage nephew Derek Cowley steal...

#3
Monster Family

Monster Family

2017★ 6.0

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

The Wishbone family are far from happy. In an attempt to reconnect as a family, they plan a fun night out. However, the plan backfires when they are cursed and all turned into Mons...

#4
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

Werewolf: The Beast Among Us

2012★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Growing Pains for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Set in a 19th century village, a young man studying under a local doctor joins a team of hunters on the trail of a wolf-like creature....

#5
Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

Ginger Snaps 2: Unleashed

2004★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Growing Pains for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Brigitte has escaped the confines of Bailey Downs but she's not alone. Another werewolf is tailing her closely and her sister's specter haunts her. An overdose of Monkshood - the p...

#6
Night of the Animated Dead

Night of the Animated Dead

2021★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Growing Pains for fans of Horror & Animation. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

An animated retelling of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, in which a group of people in a rural farmhouse struggle to survive the threat of bloodthirsty zombies....

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