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10 Best Movies Like Shimmer

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

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#1
Dog Pound

Dog Pound

2010★ 7.2

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

Three juvenile delinquents arrive at a correctional center and are put under the care of an experienced guard....

#2
Tex

Tex

1982★ 6.1

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

After their mother dies and their father leaves them, teenage brothers Tex and Mason McCormick struggle to make it on their own....

#3
A Week Away

A Week Away

2021★ 6.9

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

Troubled teen Will Hawkins has a run-in with the law that puts him at an important crossroad: go to juvenile detention or attend a Christian summer camp. At first a fish-out-of-wat...

#4
The Age of Adaline

The Age of Adaline

2015★ 7.5

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

After 29-year-old Adaline recovers from a nearly lethal accident, she inexplicably stops growing older. As the years stretch on and on, Adaline keeps her secret to herself until s...

#5
Any Day Now

Any Day Now

2012★ 7.0

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

In the late 1970s, when a mentally handicapped teenager is abandoned, a gay couple takes him in and becomes the family he's never had. But once the unconventional living arrangemen...

#6
That's What I Am

That's What I Am

2011★ 6.8

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

A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridi...

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