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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
The Stray

The Stray

2017★ 6.1

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

A young father takes his nine year old son, the family dog, and two of his son's friends backpacking in the mountains of Colorado only for all five of them to be struck by lightnin...

#2
Scarecrow

Scarecrow

1983★ 6.8

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

A twelve years old girl Lena who has come to live with her grandfather in a small Russian town is being bullied by her classmates. She took the rap of being a class traitor because...

#3
Where the Red Fern Grows

Where the Red Fern Grows

1974★ 6.8

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

Billy Coleman works hard and saves his earnings for two years to achieve his dream of buying two red-bone coonhound pups. He develops a new trust in life as he faces overwhelming c...

#4
Greyfriars Bobby

Greyfriars Bobby

1961★ 6.9

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

In Scotland 1865, An old shepherd and his little Skye terrier go to Edinburgh. But when the shepherd dies of pneumonia, the dog remains faithful to his master, refuses to be adopte...

#5
I Am David

I Am David

2003★ 6.8

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

A 12-year-old boy manages to flee a Communist concentration camp on his own, through sheer will and determination. All he has in his possession is a loaf of bread, a letter to deli...

#6
I Believe

I Believe

2019★ 7.7

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

A 9 year old boy experiences God's power in a supernatural way....

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