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10 Best Movies Like The Going Away Party

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

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#1
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#2
Every Breath You Take

Every Breath You Take

2021★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Going Away Party for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A psychiatrist, whose client commits suicide, finds his family life disrupted after introducing her surviving brother to his wife and daughter....

#3
Embattled

Embattled

2020★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Going Away Party for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued....

#4
Starving in Suburbia

Starving in Suburbia

2014★ 6.5

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

When seventeen-year-old Hannah stumbles upon a website about Thinspiration--an online community devoted to anorexia as a life choice--she becomes an obsessive follower of the site ...

#5
Little Boy Blue

Little Boy Blue

1997★ 6.1

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

Living in rural Texas is a dysfunctional family: an abusive dad, a Vietnam vet with a war wound that's left him impotent; a compliant wife and a son of about 20, two small sons who...

#6
The Son

The Son

2022★ 6.7

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

A successful lawyer, with a new wife and infant, agrees to care for his teenage son from a previous marriage after his ex-wife becomes concerned about the boy's wayward behavior....

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