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Movies Like Daddy Issues

If you liked Daddy Issues (2019), a drama movie directed by Amara Cash, 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. 1The Crush

    The Crush (1993)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.

  2. 2Hala

    Hala (2019)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a secret that threatens to unravel her…

  3. 3Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

  4. 4Pimp

    Pimp (2018)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    An urban love story set on the hard streets of the Bronx. A struggling female pimp, named Wednesday, grows up learning the game from her dad. Once he's gone she's left to look out for her prostitute mother and…

  5. 5What Maisie Knew

    What Maisie Knew (2013)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama

    In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.

  6. 6Gracie

    Gracie (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.

  7. 7Pariah

    Pariah (2011)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.

  8. 8I 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.

  9. 9If I Stay

    If I Stay (2014)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her…

  10. 10Rogue Agent

    Rogue Agent (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Conman Robert Freegard poses as an undercover MI5 agent and kidnaps countless victims amidst a high-stakes manhunt, until the woman who fell for him brings him to justice.

  11. 11The Short History of the Long Road

    The Short History of the Long Road (2019)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new…

  12. 12Port Authority

    Port Authority (2019)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secret, an intense love between them…

  13. 13Fast Girls

    Fast Girls (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A street smart runner develops an intense rivalry with an equally ambitious wealthy young athlete.

  14. 14The Perks of Being a Wallflower

    The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

    ★ 7.8/10Also drama

    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him…

  15. 15Snow Flower and the Secret Fan

    Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (2011)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A story set in 19th century China and centered on the lifelong friendship between two girls who develop their own secret code as a way to contend with the rigid cultural norms imposed on women.

  16. 16Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

    Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)

    ★ 7.3/10Also drama

    Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.

  17. 17Tigertail

    Tigertail (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    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.

  18. 18Thirteen

    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…

  19. 19Queen of the Ring

    Queen of the Ring (2025)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    In a time when pro wrestling for women was illegal all over the country, a small town single mother embraces the danger to change culture as she dominates America's most masculine sport to become the first million…

  20. 20Hungry Hearts

    Hungry Hearts (2015)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.

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