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10 Best Movies Like Wasted on the Young

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

#1
Compliance

Compliance

2012★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wasted on the Young for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

On a particularly busy day at a suburban Ohio fast food restaurant, manager Sandra receives a phone call from a police officer saying that an employee has stolen money from a custo...

#2
The Imposter

The Imposter

2012★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wasted on the Young for fans of Documentary. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

In 1994 a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later he is found alive thousands of miles away in a village in so...

#3
My Best Day

My Best Day

2012★ 4.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wasted on the Young for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Karen can't believe that she has to work her receptionist gig on a gorgeous Fourth of July. Then a call comes from her long-lost father and sets in motion a crazy chain of events t...

#4
Rat King

Rat King

2012★ 5.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wasted on the Young for fans of Thriller. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

18 year old Juri is seriously addicted to online gaming, so much so he becomes isolated from his single mother and pushes his girlfriend to the brink of leaving him. He decides to ...

#5
Friends with Benefits

Friends with Benefits

2011★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wasted on the Young for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Dylan is done with relationships. Jamie decides to stop buying into the Hollywood clichés of true love. When the two become friends they decide to try something new and take advant...

#6
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Wasted on the Young for fans of Drama & Thriller. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....