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10 Best Movies Like Kid-Thing

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

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#1
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#2
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kid-Thing 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...

#3
Alex of Venice

Alex of Venice

2015★ 5.9

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

After her stay-at-home husband leaves her, a workaholic lawyer finds that she is not completely up to the tasks of caring for her young son, ailing father and household all by hers...

#4
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kid-Thing 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
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#6
The Congress

The Congress

2013★ 6.4

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

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider....

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