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10 Best Movies Like Paper Heart

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

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#1
Observe and Report

Observe and Report

2009★ 5.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Heart for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit...

#2
Dave Made a Maze

Dave Made a Maze

2017★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Heart for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Dave, an artist who has yet to complete anything significant in his career, builds a fort in his living room out of pure frustration, only to wind up trapped by the fantastical pit...

#3
White Frog

White Frog

2013★ 5.8

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

Story of a neglected teen with mild Asperger’s syndrome whose life is changed forever when tragedy hits his family....

#4
Just Charlie

Just Charlie

2017★ 7.0

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

Football star Charlie has the world at her feet. With a top club desperate to sign her, her future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager sees only a nightmare. Raised as a boy,...

#5
Big Shots

Big Shots

1987★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Heart for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Following the death of his father, a suburbanite runs away from home and winds up on Chicago's South Side. After being mugged, the boy befriends a young hustler and, after stealing...

#6
Election

Election

1999★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Paper Heart for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Tracy Flick is running unopposed for this year’s high school student election. But Jim McAllister has a different plan. Partly to establish a more democratic election, and partly t...