Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Kids

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

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#1
The Living End

The Living End

1992★ 6.7

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

Two HIV-positive young men — a semi-employed film critic and a hot hustler — tear off on a cross-country crime spree....

#2
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

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

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#3
The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries

1995★ 7.4

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

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction....

#4
Female Trouble

Female Trouble

1974★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Kids for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair....

#5
Nowhere

Nowhere

1997★ 6.8

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

In Los Angeles, a colorful assortment of bohemians try to make sense of their intersecting lives. The moody Dark Smith, his bisexual girlfriend, her lesbian lover and their shy gay...

#6
The Wild Life

The Wild Life

1984★ 6.0

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

Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David....

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