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10 Best Movies Like My Very Best Friend

If you loved My Very Best Friend, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Trouble at Timpetill

Trouble at Timpetill

2008★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Very Best Friend for fans of Fantasy. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The children of a small European mountain village end up being its only residents, soon after the adults cannot take their behavior any longer....

#2
The Round Up

The Round Up

2010★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Very Best Friend for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A faithful retelling of the 1942 "Vel' d'Hiv Roundup" and the events surrounding it....

#3
I, Cesar

I, Cesar

2003★ 5.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Very Best Friend for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Cesar is a young schoolboy living in Paris with his family. Their life is ordinary, but Cesar wants more excitement (which he creates, in one instance, by claiming to his teachers ...

#4
Nocturnes

Nocturnes

2006★ 4.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Very Best Friend for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In this poetic story, set in the late 1950s, the life of a small boy is influenced by historical events, ranging from the exploration of space to the Algerian War. His father is dr...

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Very Best Friend for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to My Very Best Friend 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...