swap_horiz Sweetheart Alternatives

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Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher is a 1999 Scottish drama by Lynne Ramsay, her feature debut, set around a boy's life in 1970s Glasgow during...

Drama British 1990S Childhood

8.2 Great

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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

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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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C.R.A.Z.Y.

C.R.A.Z.Y. is a 2005 Canadian drama by Jean-Marc Vallee, following a Quebec boy's sexuality and family conflict from the...

Drama Family Canadian 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

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Alcarras

Alcarras is a 2022 Catalan drama by Carla Simon about a peach-farming family facing eviction, winner of the Golden Bear...

Drama Spanish Youth Family

8.1 Great

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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

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Good One

Good One is a 2024 American drama by India Donaldson about a teenager on a Catskills hiking trip with her father and his...

American Drama Family Teen

7.9 Good

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Riceboy Sleeps

Riceboy Sleeps is a 2022 Canadian drama by Anthony Shim about a Korean immigrant mother and son in 1990s Canada, winner...

Drama Family Canadian Immigrant

7.9 Good

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Gregory's Girl

Gregory's Girl is a 1981 Scottish teen comedy by Bill Forsyth, notable for its dry humor and a schoolboy's crush on a fo...

Comedy Romance British 1980S

7.8 Good

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Falcon Lake

Falcon Lake is a 2022 Canadian-French drama by Charlotte Le Bon, adapting Bastien Vives's graphic novel Une soeur into a...

Drama Canadian Romance Teen

7.8 Good

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl is a 2015 American teen drama by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon, winner of Sundance's top jury and a...

American Drama Comedy Teen

7.7 Good

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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

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Cooley High

Cooley High is a 1975 American coming-of-age comedy-drama by Michael Schultz, centered on Black high school friends in 1...

American Drama Comedy 1970S

7.6 Good

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Saving Face

Saving Face is a 2004 American romantic comedy-drama by Alice Wu about a Chinese American surgeon, noted as a rare queer...

American Comedy Romance 2000S

7.6 Good

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Bottoms

Bottoms is a 2023 American teen comedy by Emma Seligman about two queer students who start a fight club to meet girls, s...

American Comedy Teen Queer

7.4 Good

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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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Beans

Beans is a 2020 Canadian drama by Tracey Deer about a Mohawk girl during the 1990 Oka Crisis, drawing on the director's...

Drama Canadian Indigenous Teen

7.1 Good

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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