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10 Best Movies Like Tallessa

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

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#1
Farming

Farming

2018‱★ 6.2

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

Based on the writer/director's childhood, FARMING tells the story of a young Nigerian boy, 'farmed out' by his parents to a white British family in the hope of a better future. Ins...

#2
All Day and a Night

All Day and a Night

2020‱★ 6.2

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

While serving life in prison, a young man looks back at the people, the circumstances and the system that set him on the path toward his crime....

#3
Naked Harbour

Naked Harbour

2012‱★ 5.8

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

In a multicultural suburb of Helsinki, a bullied Russian immigrant decides to fight back, a young woman dreams of superstardom at any cost, and a junkie couple schemes their way ou...

#4
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002‱★ 6.1

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

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee...

#5
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997‱★ 6.2

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

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#6
Norman

Norman

2010‱★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

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