Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 14, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Admission

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

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#1
Summer Palace

Summer Palace

2006★ 7.3

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

Yu Hong leaves her home village and starts university in Beijing, where she develops a consuming and compulsive relationship with another student. The student riots from 1989 then ...

#2
So Long, My Son

So Long, My Son

2019★ 7.7

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

Two married couples adjust to the vast social and economic changes taking place in China from the 1980s to the present....

#3
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Admission for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#4
Reading Lolita in Tehran

Reading Lolita in Tehran

2024★ 7.2

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

As Islamic morality squads stage arbitrary raids in Tehran and as fundamentalists seize hold of the universities, Azar Nafisi, an inspired teacher, secretly gathers six of her most...

#5
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#6
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

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