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10 Best Movies Like Young America

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

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#1
Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist

2005★ 6.7

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

When 9-year-old orphan Oliver Twist dares to ask his cruel taskmaster, Mr. Bumble, for a second serving of gruel, he's hired out as an apprentice. Escaping that dismal fate, young ...

#2
Born to Kill

Born to Kill

1947★ 6.7

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

A calculating divorcée risks her chances at wealth and security with a man she doesn't love by getting involved with a hotheaded murderer....

#3
Evelyn

Evelyn

2002★ 6.4

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

Desmond Doyle is devastated when his wife abandons their family on the day after Christmas. His unemployment, and the fact that there is no woman in the house to care for the child...

#4
M

M

1951★ 6.4

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

Remake of the 1931 Fritz Lang original. In the city, someone is murdering children. The Police search is so intense, it is disturbing the 'normal' criminals, and the local hoods de...

#5
Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

Sound of Hope: The Story of Possum Trot

2024★ 7.0

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

Led by Donna and Reverend W.C. Martin, 22 families from a rural Black church in the small East Texas town of Possum Trot adopt 77 of the most difficult-to-place kids in the foster ...

#6
Angels with Dirty Faces

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938★ 7.5

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

Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the need...

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