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10 Best Movies Like The Subterraneans

If you loved The Subterraneans, 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 The Subterraneans 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
I Remember Mama

I Remember Mama

1948★ 7.2

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

Norwegian immigrant Marta Hanson keeps a firm but loving hand on her household of four children, a devoted husband and a highly-educated lodger who reads great literature to the fa...

#3
The Last Black Man in San Francisco

The Last Black Man in San Francisco

2019★ 7.0

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

Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging...

#4
Naked Lunch

Naked Lunch

1991★ 7.0

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

Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bil...

#5
Factotum

Factotum

2005★ 6.2

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

This drama centers on Hank Chinaski, the fictional alter-ego of "Factotum" author Charles Bukowski, who wanders around Los Angeles, CA trying to live off jobs which don't interfere...

#6
Less Than Zero

Less Than Zero

1987★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Subterraneans 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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