Dynamic Watchlist Hub: Apr 12, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Mates

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

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#1
Kisses

Kisses

2008★ 7.1

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

Two kids, Dylan and Kylie, run away from home on Christmas Day and spend a night of magic and terror on the streets of inner-city Dublin....

#2
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mates 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...

#3
Hungry Hearts

Hungry Hearts

2015★ 6.5

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

The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance....

#4
True Colors

True Colors

1991★ 6.2

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

Two law school friends find themselves at odds when one becomes a Justice Department lawyer and the other goes into politics....

#5
Charm City Kings

Charm City Kings

2020★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Mates 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 ...

#6
Come Sunday

Come Sunday

2018★ 5.8

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

Evangelist Carlton Pearson is ostracized by his church for preaching that there is no Hell....

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