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10 Best Movies Like Violet

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

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#1
Pariah

Pariah

2011★ 6.8

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

A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression....

#2
Boy Erased

Boy Erased

2018★ 7.0

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

Jared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be pe...

#3
Daniel Isn't Real

Daniel Isn't Real

2019★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Violet for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

A troubled college freshman resurrects his imaginary friend to help him cope with a violent trauma....

#4
A Home at the End of the World

A Home at the End of the World

2004★ 6.4

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

Three friends form a bond over the year, Johnathan is gay, Clare is straight and Bobby is neither, instead he loves the people he loves. As their lives go on there is tension and t...

#5
Art School Confidential

Art School Confidential

2006★ 6.1

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

Starting from childhood attempts at illustration, the protagonist pursues his true obsession to art school. But as he learns how the art world really works, he finds that he must a...

#6
Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures

2016★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Violet for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Nude men in rubber suits, close-ups of erections, objects shoved in the most intimate of places—these are photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe, known by many as the most contro...

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