
Movies that feel likeThe Florida Project (2017)
If you loved The Florida Project, the closest films we have are Mud (2013), Leave No Trace (2018) and The Hand of God (2021). All three share The Florida Project's contemplative and wistful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies (2024).
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If The Florida Project hit the spot, these will too


Both are built on the same subject: growing up
The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than The Florida Project does

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

Contemplative where it counts, wistful underneath

Both keep coming back to the same thing: friendship
The difference: 28 years apart, and the 1980s show

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair


Drama built on warmth, twice over
The difference: Leans harder into romance than The Florida Project does

Both sit in the same warm register

Both run contemplative where it counts

Two things both keep coming back to: parents and children and single mother

A streak of wistfulness through both
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