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10 Best Movies Like Engel & Joe

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

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#1
Palindromes

Palindromes

2005★ 6.2

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

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revo...

#2
The Rain People

The Rain People

1969★ 6.6

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

When a housewife finds out she is pregnant, she runs out of town looking for freedom to reevaluate her life decisions....

#3
Riding in Cars with Boys

Riding in Cars with Boys

2001★ 6.7

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

In 1965, a young woman with dreams of becoming a writer has a son at the age of 15 and struggles to make things work with the drug-addicted father....

#4
Double Daddy

Double Daddy

2015★ 6.9

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

A teen's life turns upside down when her boyfriend impregnates both her and a new student at school....

#5
Juno

Juno

2007★ 7.1

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

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, sixteen year old high-schooler, Juno MacGuff, makes an unusual decision regarding her unborn child....

#6
Rocks

Rocks

2019★ 6.6

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

15-year-old Rocks fears that she and her little brother Emmanuel will be taken into care and forced apart if anyone finds out that their mother has left them. Against all odds, and...

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