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10 Best Movies Like Palmer

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

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#1
My Friend Dahmer

My Friend Dahmer

2017★ 6.5

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

Jeffrey Dahmer struggles with a difficult family life as a young boy. During his teenage years he slowly transforms, edging closer to the serial killer he was to become....

#2
Grandview, U.S.A.

Grandview, U.S.A.

1984★ 5.8

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

Life in the small town of Grandview, Illinois is one that is just like any other city or town. Tim Pearson, soon to be graduating high school wants to go to Florida to study oceano...

#3
The Basketball Diaries

The Basketball Diaries

1995★ 7.4

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

A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction....

#4
Moonlight

Moonlight

2016★ 7.4

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

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 of fallin...

#5
Starred Up

Starred Up

2014★ 7.1

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

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemie...

#6
Mammal

Mammal

2016★ 6.2

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

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his i...

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