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10 Best Movies Like Adolescence

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

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#1
My Brilliant Career

My Brilliant Career

1979★ 6.2

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

A young woman who is determined to maintain her independence finds herself at odds with her family who wants her to tame her wild side and get married....

#2
Nine Lives

Nine Lives

2005★ 6.1

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

Captives of the very relationships that define and sustain them, nine women resiliently meet the travails and disappointments of life....

#3
I Can't Think Straight

I Can't Think Straight

2008★ 7.5

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

Tala, a London-based Palestinian, is preparing for her elaborate Middle Eastern wedding when she meets Leyla, a young British Indian woman who is dating her best friend. Spirited C...

#4
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#5
Love & Sex

Love & Sex

2000★ 6.1

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

When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of th...

#6
On the Edge

On the Edge

2001★ 6.6

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

A suicidal young man is committed to a Dublin psychiatric hospital where he meets new friends who greatly influence his life....

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