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10 Best Movies Like Synanon

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

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#1
Beautiful Boy

Beautiful Boy

2018★ 7.6

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

After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to metha...

#2
Requiem for a Dream

Requiem for a Dream

2000★ 8.0

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

The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep....

#3
A Million Little Pieces

A Million Little Pieces

2019★ 6.1

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

A young drug-addled writer approaching the bottom of his descent submits to two months of agonizing detox at a treatment center in Minnesota....

#4
6 Balloons

6 Balloons

2018★ 6.0

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

Over the course of one night, a woman drives across LA with her heroin addict brother in search of a detox center, with his two-year-old daughter in tow....

#5
Drugstore Cowboy

Drugstore Cowboy

1989★ 7.1

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

Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugs...

#6
Less Than Zero

Less Than Zero

1987★ 6.4

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

A college freshman returns to Los Angeles for Christmas at his ex-girlfriend's request, but discovers that his former best friend has an out-of-control drug habit....

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