swap_horiz Ratcatcher Alternatives

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El Sur

El Sur is a 1983 Spanish drama by Victor Erice, notable for its elliptical portrait of a girl's memory of her father in...

Drama Spanish Youth Family

8.5 Great

2

All About Lily Chou-Chou

All About Lily Chou-Chou is a 2001 Japanese drama by Shunji Iwai about alienated teenagers and online fandom, known for...

Music Drama Japanese 2000S

8.2 Great

3

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

The Diary of a Teenage Girl is a 2015 American drama by Marielle Heller, adapted from Phoebe Gloeckner's graphic novel a...

American Drama 1970S Teen

8.1 Great

4

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Welcome to the Dollhouse is a 1995 American dark comedy by Todd Solondz, notable for winning the Sundance Grand Jury Pri...

American Drama Comedy 1990S

8.1 Great

5

Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen is a 2002 Scottish drama by Ken Loach, notable for Martin Compston's debut as a teenager planning a future...

Drama Crime British 2000S

8.1 Great

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Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. is a 2023 American film by Kelly Fremon Craig, adapted from Judy Blume's 1970 nove...

American Drama Comedy Teen

8.1 Great

7

The Selfish Giant

The Selfish Giant is a 2013 British social realist drama by Clio Barnard, inspired by Oscar Wilde and set among two boys...

Drama Youth British Working Class

8.0 Great

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Playground

Playground is a 2021 Belgian drama by Laura Wandel that follows a young girl witnessing school bullying, filmed largely...

Drama School Childhood Belgian

8.0 Great

9

Scrapper

Scrapper is a 2023 British comedy-drama by Charlotte Regan about a 12-year-old girl living alone after her mother's deat...

Drama Family Comedy British

7.7 Good

10

The Joy Luck Club

The Joy Luck Club is a 1993 American drama by Wayne Wang, adapted from Amy Tan's novel, noted for centering Chinese immi...

American Drama Family Identity

7.5 Good

11

The History Boys

The History Boys is a 2006 British drama by Nicholas Hytner, adapted by Alan Bennett from his play about grammar-school...

Drama Comedy School British

7.3 Good

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Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala

Mississippi Masala is a 1991 film by Mira Nair about an Indian Ugandan family in the American South and an interracial r...

American Drama Romance Identity

7.3 Good

13

Small Faces

Small Faces is a 1996 Scottish drama by Gillies MacKinnon, set amid youth gangs in 1960s Glasgow and focused on three br...

Drama British 1990S Teen

7.0 Good

14

Slums of Beverly Hills

Slums of Beverly Hills is a 1998 American comedy-drama by Tamara Jenkins, notable for Natasha Lyonne's lead role in a no...

American Drama Comedy 1990S

6.9 Fair

15

Purely Belter

Purely Belter is a 2000 British comedy-drama by Mark Herman, about two Newcastle boys trying to raise money for season t...

Drama Comedy British 2000S

6.9 Fair

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The Childhood of a Leader

The Childhood of a Leader is a 2015 historical drama by Brady Corbet, loosely inspired by Jean-Paul Sartre's story about...

Drama International Period Childhood

6.7 Fair

17

Sweetheart

Sweetheart is a 2021 British coming-of-age comedy-drama by Marley Morrison about a socially awkward teen on a seaside fa...

Drama Comedy British Queer

6.7 Fair

18

The Tree

The Tree is a 2010 Australian-French drama by Julie Bertuccelli, adapted from Judy Pascoe's novel about grief and a gian...

Drama Family Australian Childhood

6.5 Fair

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Angus

Angus is a 1995 American teen comedy by Patrick Read Johnson, adapted from a Chris Crutcher story about an overweight ou...

American Drama Comedy 1990S

6.2 Fair

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Now and Then

Now and Then is a 1995 American coming-of-age drama by Lesli Linka Glatter, following four women who remember a formativ...

American Drama 1990S Teen

5.9 Mediocre