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10 Best Movies Like Growing Up

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

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#1
Clerks

Clerks

1994★ 7.4

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

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey ...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

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

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
Shutter Island

Shutter Island

2010★ 8.2

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

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by tro...

#4
Back to the Future

Back to the Future

1985★ 8.3

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

Eighties teenager Marty McFly is accidentally sent back in time to 1955, inadvertently disrupting his parents' first meeting and attracting his mother's romantic interest. Marty mu...

#5
The Godfather

The Godfather

1972★ 8.7

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

Spanning the years 1945 to 1955, a chronicle of the fictional Italian-American Corleone crime family. When organized crime family patriarch, Vito Corleone barely survives an attemp...

#6
Gladiator

Gladiator

2000★ 8.2

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

After the death of Emperor Marcus Aurelius, his devious son takes power and demotes Maximus, one of Rome's most capable generals who Marcus preferred. Eventually, Maximus is forced...