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Movies Like Approach/Withdraw

If you liked Approach/Withdraw (2016), a movie directed by Ker Wallwork and Juliet Jacques, 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. 1Fitting In

    Fitting In (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A teenage girl gets diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have sex and propels her into exploring unusual methods to have a sex life, challenging her relationships with everyone in her life…

  2. 2Grandma

    Grandma (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her…

  3. 3From Straight A's to XXX

    From Straight A's to XXX (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox. Miriam lies to her family and her…

  4. 4I Believe in Unicorns

    I Believe in Unicorns (2015)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Feeling awkward and isolated, an imaginative and strong-willed teenage girl runs away from home with an older punk rock drifter.

  5. 5Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.

  6. 6The Souvenir

    The Souvenir (2019)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A shy but ambitious film student falls into an intense, emotionally fraught relationship with a charismatic but untrustworthy older man.

  7. 7Bedrooms and Hallways

    Bedrooms and Hallways (1998)

    ★ 6.1/10

    At the suggestion of a straight friend, gay man Leo joins a men’s group, where he causes some upsets by declaring his attraction to one of its members.

  8. 8Spa Weekend

    Spa Weekend (2026)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Four lifelong friends realize that somewhere between careers, relationships, families, and everyday responsibilities, they’ve forgotten how to take care of themselves and each other. Burned out and overdue for a break…

  9. 9Gia

    Gia (1998)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Gia Carangi meteorically rises to modeling fame in the late 1970s but becomes overconsumed by persistent loneliness and drug addiction.

  10. 1010,000 Saints

    10,000 Saints (2015)

    ★ 6/10

    A sweeping multigenerational story set against the backdrop of the raw, roaring New York City of the late 1980s; adoption, teen pregnancy, drugs, hardcore punk rock, the unbridled optimism and reckless stupidity of the…

  11. 11Shortcomings

    Shortcomings (2023)

    ★ 6.1/10

    When his girlfriend leaves for New York City on a 3-month-long internship, a strongly opinionated Berkeley arthouse movie theater manager begins exploring life as a bachelor.

  12. 12Son of Rambow

    Son of Rambow (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.

  13. 13Laggies

    Laggies (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to…

  14. 14Love & Sex

    Love & Sex (2000)

    ★ 6.2/10

    When her rather explicit copy is rejected, magazine journalist Kate is asked by her editor to come up with an article on loving relationships instead, and to do so by the end of the day. This gets Kate thinking back…

  15. 15Someone Like You...

    Someone Like You... (2001)

    ★ 6/10

    Jane Goodale has everything going for her. She's a producer on a popular daytime talk show, and is in a hot romance with the show's dashing executive producer Ray. But when the relationship goes terribly awry, Jane…

  16. 16Home Again

    Home Again (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Life for a single mom in Los Angeles takes an unexpected turn when she allows three young guys to move in with her.

  17. 17Am I OK?

    Am I OK? (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is to know about each other. But when Jane announces she's moving to London, Lucy reveals a long-held secret. As Jane…

  18. 18Nimic

    Nimic (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A professional cellist has an encounter with a stranger on the subway which has unexpected and far-reaching ramifications on his life.

  19. 19The Outrun

    The Outrun (2024)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Fresh out of rehab, Rona returns to the Orkney Islands—a place both wild and beautiful, right off the Scottish coast. Now 29 and after more than a decade of living life on the edge in London, where she both found and…

  20. 20Joy Ride

    Joy Ride (2023)

    ★ 6.5/10

    When Audrey's business trip to Asia goes sideways, she enlists the aid of Lolo, her irreverent, childhood best friend who also happens to be a hot mess; Kat, her college friend turned Chinese soap star; and Deadeye…

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