Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Adulthood

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

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#1
Belly

Belly

1998★ 6.2

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

Tommy Bundy and Sincere are best friends as well as infamous and ruthless criminals and shot-callers in the hood. Respected by many but feared by all. As the police are closing in...

#2
Another Day in Paradise

Another Day in Paradise

1998★ 6.2

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

In the hope of a big score, two junkie couples team up to commit various drug robberies which go disastrously wrong, leading to dissent, violence, and murder....

#3
Above the Rim

Above the Rim

1994★ 7.1

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

Story of a promising high school basketball star and his relationships with two brothers, one a drug dealer and the other a former basketball star fallen on hard times and now empl...

#4
The Unforgivable

The Unforgivable

2021★ 7.4

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

A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past....

#5
Cass

Cass

2008★ 5.9

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

The incredible true story of how an orphaned Jamaican baby, adopted by an elderly white couple and brought up in an all white area of London, became one of the most feared and resp...

#6
Ill Manors

Ill Manors

2012★ 6.3

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

Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban...

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