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10 Best Movies Like Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants

If you loved Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Panda

Panda

2014★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two teenagers are playing by night in a dirty parking lot. After they are driving on an empty road, they start to tease each other on the way to the sea, but they seem to be too yo...

#2
The Latin Explosion: A New America

The Latin Explosion: A New America

2015★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

With more than 50 million Latinos now living in the United States, Latinos are taking their seat at the table as the new American power brokers in the world of entertainment, busin...

#3
Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

Sonic Youth: Koncertas Stan Brakhage Prisiminimui (April 12, 2003)

2003★ 5.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants for fans of . It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Filmed April 12, 2003 at a benefit concert held at and for The Anthology Film Archives, the international center for the preservation, study, and exhibition of avant-garde and inde...

#4
Little Pond in Main Street

Little Pond in Main Street

2014★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Street vendors in Korea are almost like a national institution, they are so widespread and relied upon. In Little Pond in Main Street a group of vendors band together to create a c...

#5
Avé

Avé

2012★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While hitchhiking from Sofia to Ruse, Kamen meets Avé, a 17-year-old runaway girl. With each ride they hitch, Avé invents new identities for them, and her compulsive lies get Kamen...

#6
The Gruffalo's Child

The Gruffalo's Child

2011★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A follow up to the 2009 animated feature and adapted from the childrens' book by Julia Donaldson and Alex Scheffler. The Gruffalo's child explores the deep dark wood in search of ...