Movies Like My Girl: Genre and Cast Guide

My Girl (1991) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. When your Dad's an undertaker, your Mom's in heaven, and your Grandma's got a screw loose...it's good to have a friend who understands you. Even if he is a boy.

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Anna Chlumsky as Vada Sultenfuss; Macaulay Culkin as Thomas J. Sennett; Dan Aykroyd as Harry Sultenfuss; Jamie Lee Curtis as Shelly DeVoto; Richard Masur as Phil Sultenfuss; Griffin Dunne as Mr. Jake Bixler; Ann Nelson as Gramoo Sultenfuss; Peter Michael Goetz as Dr. Welty

About My Girl

Vada Sultenfuss is obsessed with death. Her mother is dead, and her father runs a funeral parlor. She is also in love with her English teacher, and joins a poetry class over the summer just to impress him. Thomas J., her best friend, is "allergic to everything", and sticks with Vada despite her hangups. When Vada's father hires Shelly, and begins to fall for her, things take a turn to the worse...

More like My Girl

• A Man Called Otto
• The Magic of Belle Isle
• Best Man Down
• Death at a Funeral
• Madea's Big Happy Family
• Young Adult
• Things We Lost in the Fire
• Addams Family Values

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