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10 Best Movies Like Rent

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

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#1
Get Real

Get Real

1998★ 7.0

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

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind...

#2
tick, tick... BOOM!

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021★ 7.6

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

On the brink of turning 30, a promising theater composer navigates love, friendship and the pressure to create something great before time runs out....

#3
Bohemian Rhapsody

Bohemian Rhapsody

2018★ 8.0

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

Singer Freddie Mercury, guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor and bass guitarist John Deacon take the music world by storm when they form the rock 'n' roll band Queen in 1970. ...

#4
West Side Story

West Side Story

2021★ 6.9

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

Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy....

#5
Were the World Mine

Were the World Mine

2008★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Rent for fans of Romance. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Timothy, prone to escaping his dismal high school reality through dazzling musical daydreams, gets to answ...

#6
The Object of My Affection

The Object of My Affection

1998★ 5.8

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

A pregnant New York social worker begins to develop romantic feelings for her gay best friend, and decides she'd rather raise her child with him, much to the dismay of her overbear...

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