
10 Best Movies Like Thumbsucker
If you loved Thumbsucker, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

Tsotsi
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thumbsucker for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A young South African boy from the Johannesburg ghetto named Tsotsi, meaning Gangster, leaves home as a child to get away from his helpless parents. Now a teenage thug, Tsotsi find...

Pollock
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thumbsucker for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
In August of 1949, Life Magazine ran a banner headline that begged the question: "Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?" The film is a look back ...

The Limits of Control
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thumbsucker for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A mysterious stranger works outside the law and keeps his objectives hidden, trusting no one. While his demeanor is paradoxically focused and dreamlike all at once, he embarks on a...

Evolution
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thumbsucker for fans of Drama. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.
11-year-old Nicolas lives with his mother in a seaside housing estate. The only place that ever sees any activity is the hospital. It is there that all the boys from the village ar...

The Best Years of a Life
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thumbsucker for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.
They knew each other long ago: a man and a woman whose dazzling and unexpected romance captured in the now-iconic film revolutionized our understanding of love. Today, the former r...

Import/Export
Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Thumbsucker for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.
A nurse from Ukraine searches for a better life in the West, while an unemployed security guard from Austria heads East for the same reason. Both are looking for work, a new beginn...