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10 Best Movies Like The Volunteer

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

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#1
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Volunteer for fans of Comedy. 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...

#2
Just Charlie

Just Charlie

2017★ 7.0

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

Football star Charlie has the world at her feet. With a top club desperate to sign her, her future is seemingly mapped out. But the teenager sees only a nightmare. Raised as a boy,...

#3
Lady Bird

Lady Bird

2017★ 7.3

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

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and te...

#4
LOL

LOL

2012★ 6.1

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

In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbear...

#5
Thirteen

Thirteen

2003★ 6.7

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

When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long...

#6
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961★ 7.0

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

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarr...

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