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10 Best Movies Like Lonely Eighteen

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

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#1
All About Ah-Long

All About Ah-Long

1989★ 7.3

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

Ah-Long, a father living a low-class lifestyle, while trying to raise his son, Porky. The strong bond between father and son is tested when a chance encounter from Ah-Long's ex-gir...

#2
Almost Friends

Almost Friends

2017★ 6.3

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

A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a s...

#3
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#4
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#5
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#6
The Safety of Objects

The Safety of Objects

2002★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lonely Eighteen 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...

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