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10 Best Movies Like Rent

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

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#1
Jeffrey

Jeffrey

1995★ 6.2

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

Jeffrey, a gay man living in New York City with an overwhelming fear of contracting AIDS, concludes that being celibate is the only option to protect himself. As fate would have it...

#2
Torch Song Trilogy

Torch Song Trilogy

1988★ 7.2

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

Arnold Beckoff is looking for love and acceptance, but as a gay man working as a female impersonator in 1970s New York City, neither come easily. After a series of heartaches, Arno...

#3
The Normal Heart

The Normal Heart

2014★ 7.7

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

The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in t...

#4
Trick

Trick

1999★ 6.9

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

Gabriel is a young, aspiring musical composer whose life seems stuck in the First Act. When his new musical number gets a critical reception, a theatre colleague, Perry, tells Gabr...

#5
Get Real

Get Real

1998★ 7.0

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

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind...

#6
tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021★ 7.6

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

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out....

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