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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.

#1
Bread and Roses

Bread and Roses

2000★ 6.3

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

Maya is a quick-witted young woman who comes over the Mexican border without papers and makes her way to the LA home of her older sister Rosa. Rosa gets Maya a job as a janitor: a ...

#2
Don't Blame Karma on What Happens to You for Being an Asshole

Don't Blame Karma on What Happens to You for Being an Asshole

2016★ 5.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Sweet Sixteen for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

The lives of a Madrid-based feather-fashion designer and her whole family's completely tumbles after the appearance of a musician long-lost high school crush who is involved with h...

#3
Ae Fond Kiss...

Ae Fond Kiss...

2004★ 6.4

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

A young man upsets his Punjabi family when he falls in love with an Irish schoolteacher....

#4
To Be and to Have

To Be and to Have

2002★ 7.3

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

The documentary's title translates as "to be and to have", the two auxiliary verbs in the French language. It is about a primary school in the commune of Saint-Étienne-sur-Usson, P...

#5
Through the Night

Through the Night

2023★ 6.4

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

One night, a woman in danger calls the police. Anna takes the call. A man is arrested. Weeks go by, the courts are looking for evidence, Aly, Anna and Dary have to deal with the ec...

#6
Force of Evil

Force of Evil

1950★ 6.6

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

Lawyer Joe Morse wants to consolidate all the small-time numbers racket operators into one big powerful operation. But his elder brother Leo is one of these small-time operators wh...