Movies like I Saw the TV Glow

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   Eighth Grade

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 94 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared coming of age movie style
   • shared theme: coming of age

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   Princess Cyd

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 96 min · Drama · Other

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   High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: coming of age and lgbt
   • shared coming of age movie style

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   Look Away

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 103 min · Fantasy · Horror · Thriller

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   A timid and socially alienated 17-year-old high school student's life is turned upside down when she switches places with her sinister mirror image.

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   • strong story and style similarity

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   Lights Out

   Strong story similarity

   2016 · 81 min · Horror · Mystery

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   Rebecca must unlock the terror behind her little brother's experiences that once tested her sanity, bringing her face to face with a supernatural spirit attached to their mother.

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   • strong story and style similarity

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   Satan's Servant

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   2021 · 84 min · Comedy · Horror · Mystery

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   After the mysterious disappearance of their friend, two teenage friends stumble onto a Satanic plot in their small town.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared coming of age movie style
   • shared theme: coming of age

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   Late Night with the Devil

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   2024 · 93 min · Horror

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   A live broadcast of a late-night talk show in 1977 goes horribly wrong, unleashing evil into the nation's living rooms.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Midsommar

   Strong story similarity

   2019 · 147 min · Drama · Horror · Mystery

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   Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream vacation in a place where the sun never sets, gradually turns into a dark nightmare as the mysterious inhabitants invite them to participate in their disturbing festive activities.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap

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   The Boogeyman

   Strong story similarity

   2023 · 99 min · Horror

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   Still reeling from the tragic death of their mother, a teenage girl and her younger sister find themselves plagued by a sadistic presence in their house and struggle to get their grieving father to pay attention before it’s too late.

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   • strong story and style similarity
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Sinners

   Strong story similarity

   2025 · 138 min · Action · Horror · Thriller

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   Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared themes: 1990s and surrealism
   • a closely matched era

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    What's Wrong With You?

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    2024 · 82 min · Drama · Horror

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    When five random teenagers are brought together during a school lockdown, the sight of an inexplicable figure launches a series of sinister events that will bring the group together - for better or for worse.

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    • strong story and style similarity
    • strong genre and movie-style overlap
    • a closely matched era

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