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10 Best Movies Like Franklin

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

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#1
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

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 older broth...

#2
Hounddog

Hounddog

2008★ 6.4

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

A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley....

#3
The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

2020★ 6.8

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

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths....

#4
The Adjuster

The Adjuster

1991★ 6.0

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

An uptight insurance man and his film-censor wife become a kinky couple's landlords....

#5
Suburbia

Suburbia

1984★ 6.7

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

When household tensions and a sense of worthlessness overcome Evan, he finds escape when he clings with the orphans of a throw-away society. The runaways hold on to each other like...

#6
The Congress

The Congress

2013★ 6.4

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

An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider....

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