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10 Best Movies Like Beautiful Thing

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

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#1
Get Real

Get Real

1998★ 7.0

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

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind...

#2
Dating Amber

Dating Amber

2020★ 7.1

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

Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of...

#3
All of Us Strangers

All of Us Strangers

2023★ 7.4

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

One night in his near-empty tower block in contemporary London, Adam has a chance encounter with a mysterious neighbor Harry, which punctures the rhythm of his everyday life....

#4
Maurice

Maurice

1987★ 7.6

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

After his lover rejects him, Maurice attempts to come to terms with his sexuality within the restrictiveness of Edwardian society....

#5
The Prom

The Prom

2020★ 6.1

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

After the PTA of a conservative high school in Indiana bans same-sex couples from attending the annual prom, a gang of flamboyant Broadway stars try to boost their image by showing...

#6
Benjamin

Benjamin

2019★ 6.1

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

Benjamin, a rising star filmmaker, is on the brink of premiering his difficult second film No Self at the London Film Festival when Billie, his hard drinking publicist, introduces ...

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