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10 Best Movies Like The Cardboard Lover

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

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#1
Armitage: Dual Matrix

Armitage: Dual Matrix

2002‱★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Lover for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Naomi Armitage and Ross Sylibus have changed their names and live with their daughter Yoko as a happy and normal family on Mars — until an android riot breaks out at an anti-matter...

#2
Jojo Rabbit

Jojo Rabbit

2019‱★ 8.0

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

Jojo, a lonely German boy during World War II has his world shaken when he learns that his single mother is hiding a Jewish girl in their home. Influenced by a buffoonish imaginary...

#3
Joker

Joker

2019‱★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Lover for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#4
1917

1917

2019‱★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Lover for fans of War. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

At the height of the First World War, two young British soldiers must cross enemy territory and deliver a message that will stop a deadly attack on hundreds of soldiers....

#5
Titanic

Titanic

1997‱★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cardboard Lover for fans of Romance. 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...

#6
One Hundred and One Dalmatians

One Hundred and One Dalmatians

1961‱★ 7.2

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

When a litter of dalmatian puppies are abducted by the minions of Cruella De Vil, the parents must find them before she uses them for a diabolical fashion statement....