Films like Beach Rats

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   Moonlight

   Film · 2016 · also drama

   The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty...

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   My Brother the Devil

   Film · 2012 · also drama

   Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome o...

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   Moonlight Mile

   Film · 2002 · also drama and romance

   As he copes with the death of his fiancee along with her parents, a young man must figure out what he wants out of life.

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4. 4

   Beautiful Boy

   Film · 2018 · also drama

   After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicte...

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5. 5

   Plainclothes

   Film · 2025 · also drama and romance

   In 1990s New York, an undercover police officer receives an assignment to lure and arrest gay men. However, he's surprised to discover a scintillating connection with one...

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   Kids

   Film · 1995 · also drama

   A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

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   The Perks of Being a Wallflower

   Film · 2012 · also drama

   Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother...

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   My Policeman

   Film · 2022 · also drama and romance

   In the late 1990s, the arrival of elderly invalid Patrick into Marion and Tom’s home triggers the exploration of seismic events from 40 years previous: the passionate rel...

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   Cowboys

   Film · 2020 · also drama

   Troy and his young transgender son Joe are on the run from his conservative mother in the Montana wilderness, with a detective in hot pursuit.

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    All Over Me

    Film · 1997 · also drama and romance

    Claude and Ellen are best friends who live in a not-so-nice area of New York. They're involved in the subculture of 90s youth, complete with drugs, live music, and homoph...

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