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10 Best Movies Like Gimme Shelter

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

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#1
Short Term 12

Short Term 12

2013★ 7.8

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

Grace, a compassionate young supervisor at a foster care facility, helps at-risk teens. But when a new charge dredges up memories of her own troubled past, Grace's tough exterior b...

#2
Bird

Bird

2024★ 7.2

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

12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks...

#3
An American Crime

An American Crime

2007★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Gimme Shelter for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s....

#4
Double Mommy

Double Mommy

2016★ 7.4

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

After taking a break for the summer before their senior year, Ryan and Jess rekindle their relationship, and find out that Jess is pregnant with twins. When Ryan's mother demands a...

#5
The Boys of St. Vincent

The Boys of St. Vincent

1994★ 7.2

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

The true story of boys being sexually abused at their orphanage, run by a religious community in Newfoundland....

#6
Ken Park

Ken Park

2003★ 6.0

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

Teen skater Ken Park (nicknamed Krap Nek; his name spelled and pronounced backward) kills himself at a Visalia skate park; his death bookends the lives of four other young people w...

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