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10 Best Movies Like The Glass Castle

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

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#1
As Cool as I Am

As Cool as I Am

2013★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Castle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers....

#2
Boyhood

Boyhood

2014★ 7.5

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

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, ...

#3
Good Boy

Good Boy

2026★ 7.3

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

Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to ...

#4
Wildflower

Wildflower

2023★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Castle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The story of Bea Johnson from birth to graduation as she navigates life with an intellectually disabled parent and an extended family who can't quite agree on the best way to help....

#5
The Royal Tenenbaums

The Royal Tenenbaums

2001★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Castle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Royal Tenenbaum and his wife Etheline had three children and then they separated. All three children are extraordinary --- all geniuses. Virtually all memory of the brilliance of t...

#6
August: Osage County

August: Osage County

2013★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Glass Castle for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up...

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