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10 Best Movies Like Almost 18

If you loved Almost 18, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Fabelmans

The Fabelmans

2022★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Almost 18 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explore...

#2
Giant Little Ones

Giant Little Ones

2019★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Almost 18 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th...

#3
Boyhood

Boyhood

2014★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Almost 18 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The film tells a story of a divorced couple trying to raise their young son. The story follows the boy for twelve years, from first grade at age 6 through 12th grade at age 17-18, ...

#4
A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

1961★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Almost 18 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

While out to avoid spending time with her narcissistic and promiscuous mother, sixteen-year-old Jo has a brief affair that leaves her pregnant and abandoned. When her mother remarr...

#5
The Glass Castle

The Glass Castle

2017★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Almost 18 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her ...

#6
I Never Sang for My Father

I Never Sang for My Father

1970★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Almost 18 for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California....

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