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10 Best Movies Like About 12

If you loved About 12, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Prayers for the Stolen

Prayers for the Stolen

2021★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About 12 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Ana and her two best friends, Maria and Paula, navigate life in their oppressive countryside village. Whilst their families struggle in the poppy fields harvesting opium, the girls...

#2
The King of Havana

The King of Havana

2015★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About 12 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Recently escaped from reformatory, Reinaldo struggles to get by in the streets of Havana in the late 90s, one of the worst decades for Cuban society. Hopes, disillusionment, rum, g...

#3
Tótem

Tótem

2023★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About 12 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In a bustling Mexican household, seven-year-old Sol is swept up in a whirlwind of preparations for the birthday party for her father, Tona, led by her mother, aunts, and other rela...

#4
A Father's Miracle

A Father's Miracle

2025★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About 12 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After being falsely accused of a terrible crime, Hector, a man with a neurological disability, goes to a secret prison. His goodness conquers the prisoners, who plan to prove their...

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About 12 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#6
The Young One

The Young One

1960★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to About 12 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions....

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