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10 Best Movies Like Abuse

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

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#1
As You Are

As You Are

2016★ 6.9

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

Set in the early 1990s, "As You Are" is the telling and retelling of a relationship between three teenagers as it traces the course of their friendship through a construction of di...

#2
Somebody Up There Likes Me

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956★ 7.2

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

The story of boxer Rocky Graziano's rise from juvenile delinquent to world champ....

#3
Showbiz Kids

Showbiz Kids

2020★ 6.8

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

A documentary chronicling the shared experiences of prominent former child stars and the personal and professional price of fame and failure on a child....

#4
Bloomington

Bloomington

2010★ 6.5

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

A former child actress attends college in search of independence and ends up becoming romantically involved with a female professor. Their relationship thrives until an opportunity...

#5
Prayers for Bobby

Prayers for Bobby

2009★ 8.1

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

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling ...

#6
Pretty Boy

Pretty Boy

2015★ 7.6

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

Sean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of...

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