Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Awkward

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

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#1
The River

The River

1984★ 6.3

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

Tom and Mae Garvey are a Tennessee farming couple battling violent floods to save their land. In addition to natural disasters, the Garveys fight to stop a selfish land developer a...

#2
Return

Return

2011★ 6.4

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

Back from a tour of duty, Kelli struggles to find her place in her family and the rust-belt town she no longer recognizes....

#3
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

#4
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

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

Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse ...

#5
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

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

In a suburban landscape, the lives of several families interlace with loss, despair and personal crisis. Esther Gold has lost focus on all but caring for her comatose son, Paul, an...

#6
Salomé

Salomé

2013★ 6.2

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

After the lewd and frenetic Dance of the Seven Veils, and with the solemn pledge from the very lips of Herod himself that she could have whatever her heart desires up to half his k...

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