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10 Best Movies Like We Are Adults

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

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#1
Tigertail

Tigertail

2020★ 6.7

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

A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter....

#2
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

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

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

#3
Imperial Dreams

Imperial Dreams

2014★ 6.6

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

A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Ang...

#4
Eleanor the Great

Eleanor the Great

2025★ 6.9

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

94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades....

#5
Cardboard Boxer

Cardboard Boxer

2016★ 6.3

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

Gentle and broken, a homeless man fights others on video for money but soon finds comfort in an unlikely friend and the lost diary of a young girl....

#6
Babylon

Babylon

1980★ 7.0

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

Drama telling the story of Blue, a young man of Jamaican descent living in Brixton in 1980, as he hangs out with his friends, fronts a dub sound system, loses his job, struggles wi...

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