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10 Best Movies Like Cadet

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

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#1
Hardball

Hardball

2001★ 6.5

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

An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of gettin...

#2
God's Pocket

God's Pocket

2014★ 5.8

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

A boozy lowlife tries to bury the truth about his crazy stepson's suspicious death, but a nosy newspaper columnist and the young man's mother complicate matters....

#3
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#5
All Together Now

All Together Now

2020★ 6.7

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

An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?...

#6
Lady Driver

Lady Driver

2020★ 6.4

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

When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the d...

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