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Movies like I Remember I Forgot You

The best movies like I Remember I Forgot You are The Girl in the Book (2015), One Week Friends (2022) and Cardboard Boxer (2016). If I Remember I Forgot You hooked you with its drama, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Girl in the Book (2015)

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

  2. One Week Friends (2022)

    A high school student suffers from a strange amnesia, causing her memories to only last a week. After she befriends a new student, his kindness and persistence make her gradually open up.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. Cardboard Boxer (2016)

    Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. Pickpocket (1997)

    A small town pickpocket whose friends have moved on to higher trades finds himself bitter and unable to adapt.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. All Together Now (2020)

    An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. Pimp (2018)

    An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and girlfriend Nikki.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. One Second (2020)

    A movie fan escapes from a labour camp during the Chinese Cultural Revolution and strikes up a relationship with a homeless female vagabond.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. Inside I'm Dancing (2004)

    Michael is a 24-year-old who has cerebral palsy and long-term resident of the Carrigmore Residential Home for the Disabled, run by the formidable Eileen. His life is transformed when the maverick Rory O'Shea moves in.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. All Day and a Night (2020)

    While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. Hardball (2001)

    An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Lorelei (2020)

    A man is released from prison after 15 years. He reunites with his high school girlfriend, now a single mother of three. What follows is a lyrical take on love, regret and second chances.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. Three Christs (2017)

    Dr. Alan Stone breaks new ground for treatment of the mentally ill through an experiment on three paranoid schizophrenic patients who believe they are Jesus Christ.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. What Maisie Knew (2013)

    In New York City, six-year-old Maisie is caught in the middle of a bitter custody battle between her self-absorbed parents—an aging rock singer mother and a distracted art dealer father. As both quickly marry new partners to strengthen their legal standing, Maisie is shuttled back and forth in an endless game of emotional point-scoring. Yet amid the chaos and upheaval, Maisie begins to find true comfort and affection in her new step-parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Charm City Kings (2020)

    Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Buddha Mountain (2011)

    In Chengdu, China, a retired female opera singer named Master Chang takes in a trio of young tenants into her boarding home. The tenants include a rock singer and a college student who has run away from home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Lighting Up the Stars (2022)

    Having been released after serving his sentence, a funeral director accidentally crosses paths with a girl which brings about an unexpected change in his attitude towards life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Mammal (2016)

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. Vanya on 42nd Street (1994)

    An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 'Uncle Vanya' plays out by a company of actors. The setting: their run-down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. Chongqing Hot Pot (2016)

    When three friends open a hot pot restaurant in a former bomb shelter, they discover it’s linked by a single wall to the bank vault next door. While deciding to take the easy money or go to the police, they find out one of the bank’s employees is a former classmate and look to enlist her in deciding their future.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. Tigertail (2020)

    A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like I Remember I Forgot You?

The closest matches to I Remember I Forgot You are The Girl in the Book (2015), One Week Friends (2022) and Cardboard Boxer (2016). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after I Remember I Forgot You?

Start with The Girl in the Book (2015), the closest match to I Remember I Forgot You.

What is the highest-rated movie like I Remember I Forgot You?

Charm City Kings (2020), rated 7.8/10 by 508 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like I Remember I Forgot You?

Lighting Up the Stars (2022) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Chinese movies like I Remember I Forgot You?

Yes: One Week Friends (2022), Pickpocket (1997) and One Second (2020).

How are movies similar to I Remember I Forgot You chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside I Remember I Forgot You, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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