The Manic Pixie Dream Girl is a stock character type in films. The MPDG "exists solely in the fevered imaginations of sensitive writer-directors to teach broodingly soulful young men to embrace life and its infinite mysteries and possibilities." - Nathan Rabin.

The MPDG is the girl who is "not like other girls", she's quirky and gives the protagonist a purpose in life.

This list celebrates movies which feature Manic Pixie Dream Girls.