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Movies Like Marfa Girl

If you liked Marfa Girl (2012), a drama and romance movie directed by Larry Clark, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Welcome to the Rileys

    Welcome to the Rileys (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t…

  2. 2American Honey

    American Honey (2016)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A restless teenager escapes her troubled home and joins a traveling crew of young drifters selling magazines across the American Midwest. Immersed in a world of reckless partying, risky hustles, and fleeting romances…

  3. 3Laurel Canyon

    Laurel Canyon (2003)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    When an uptight young man and his fiancée move into his libertine mother's house, the resulting clash of life attitudes shakes everyone up.

  4. 4I Never Promised You a Rose Garden

    I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    A disturbed and institutionalized 16-year-old girl struggles between fantasy and reality.

  5. 5Hot Summer Nights

    Hot Summer Nights (2018)

    ★ 6.6/10Also drama

    In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his…

  6. 6Hounddog

    Hounddog (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

  7. 7Fire with Fire

    Fire with Fire (1986)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    A tough, street-smart kid serving a sentence in a state youth reformatory meets a beautiful, innocent girl studying at a nearby convent. When forbidden love blossoms between them, they must fight the prison…

  8. 8Winter Spring Summer or Fall

    Winter Spring Summer or Fall (2024)

    ★ 7.3/10Also romance and drama

    Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.

  9. 9Brick

    Brick (2006)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    A teenage loner pushes his way into the underworld of a high school crime ring to investigate the disappearance of his ex-girlfriend.

  10. 10Rush

    Rush (1991)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    Undercover cop Jim Raynor is a seasoned veteran. His partner, Kristen Cates, is lacking in experience, but he thinks she's tough enough to work his next case with him: a deep cover assignment to bring down the…

  11. 11Beach Rats

    Beach Rats (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama and romance

    On the outskirts of Brooklyn, Frankie, an aimless teenager, suffocates under the oppressive glare cast by his family and a toxic group of delinquent friends. Struggling with his own identity, Frankie begins to scour…

  12. 12A Girl Like Her

    A Girl Like Her (2015)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and…

  13. 13Kids

    Kids (1995)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.

  14. 14The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  15. 15The Edge of Love

    The Edge of Love (2008)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama and romance

    When the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas and his flirtatious wife Caitlin sweep into war-torn London, the last thing they expect is to bump into Dylan's childhood sweetheart Vera. Despite her joy at seeing Dylan after so many…

  16. 16London

    London (2005)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and romance

    London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.

  17. 17Thirteen

    Thirteen (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins…

  18. 18Higher Learning

    Higher Learning (1995)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    African-American student Malik is on a track scholarship; academics are not his strong suit, and he goes in thinking that his athletic abilities will earn him a free ride through college. Fudge, a "professional…

  19. 19Kicks

    Kicks (2016)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.

  20. 20Palmer

    Palmer (2021)

    ★ 8.1/10Also drama

    After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to…

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