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10 Best Movies Like I Was Nineteen

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

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#1
Mourning Grave

Mourning Grave

2014★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Nineteen for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A boy who can see ghosts moves to a small town, where he befriends a female ghost. The two work together to investigate a masked ghost who is murdering students one by one....

#2
Sisi & I

Sisi & I

2023★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Nineteen for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After an elaborate application process, Empress Elisabeth of Austria hires Countess Irma as her new lady-in-waiting and takes her to her summer residence on Corfu. As the two women...

#3
Moneyboys

Moneyboys

2021★ 6.3

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

Fei works illegally to support family, but they reject his lifestyle. Through Long, Fei finds hope, until encountering Xiaolai, his past love, who makes him confront his guilt....

#4
Dancing Arabs

Dancing Arabs

2014★ 6.4

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

A young Arab is caught between cultures as he is sent to a prestigious Jewish boarding school in Israel in the 1980s....

#5
Partly Sunny

Partly Sunny

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Was Nineteen for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two young guys in a bar hit on the woman they fancy by sending one of them over who tells her that the other one is terminally ill......

#6
A Girl's Own Story

A Girl's Own Story

1984★ 5.2

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

This early short from director Jane Campion concerns a group of teenage girls in the 1960s....