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10 Best Movies Like Sweet Sixteen

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

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#1
The Bygone

The Bygone

2019★ 6.6

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

When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire fut...

#2
Before and After

Before and After

1996★ 5.9

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

Two parents deal with the effects when their son is accused of murdering his girlfriend....

#3
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

#4
Cassandra's Dream

Cassandra's Dream

2007★ 6.3

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

The tale of two brothers with serious financial woes. When a third party proposes they turn to crime, things go bad and the two become enemies....

#5
Walkabout

Walkabout

1971★ 7.3

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

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot them. When he fails, he turns the...

#6
The Lovely Bones

The Lovely Bones

2009★ 7.1

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

After being brutally murdered, 14-year-old Susie Salmon watches from heaven over her grief-stricken family -- and her killer. As she observes their daily lives, she must balance he...

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