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10 Best Movies Like Once There Was a Girl

If you loved Once There Was a Girl, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night

Paranormal Activity: Tokyo Night

2010★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once There Was a Girl for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Koichi takes care of his sister, who has recently returned from a trip abroad in the United States as she is not well. While caring for her, he records evidence of ghosts in their ...

#2
Taxidermia

Taxidermia

2006★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once There Was a Girl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Set over three generations and beginning with a sexually frustrated orderly during WWII who relieves his tensions in the most outlandish, gross ways. The result of his liaison is a...

#3
Decalogue II

Decalogue II

1989★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once There Was a Girl for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Dorota Geller, a married woman, faces a dilemma involving her sick husband's prognosis. Her husband's doctor, who believes in God, sweared about it in vain....

#4
Return of the Fly

Return of the Fly

1959★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once There Was a Girl for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Fifteen years after his father's experiments with matter transmission fail, Philippe Delambre and his uncle François attempt to create a matter transmission device on their own. Ho...

#5
The Little Bather

The Little Bather

1968★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once There Was a Girl for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, ...

#6
Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

Night of the Living Dead: Re-Animation

2012★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Once There Was a Girl for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

After inheriting the family mortuary, a pyrophobic mortician accidentally exposes hundreds of un-cremated bodies to toxic medical waste. As the corpses re-animate, the mortician's ...