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Movies Like Bush Basher

If you liked Bush Basher (2011), a movie directed by Ben Young, 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. 1Doing Life

    Doing Life (2026)

    ★ 7.8/10

    A single mother and an incarcerated man forge an unlikely bond through heartfelt letters, unlocking a door to redemption, hope and love against all odds.

  2. 2Big Time Adolescence

    Big Time Adolescence (2020)

    ★ 7.2/10

    A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college dropout. Although Zeke genuinely cares…

  3. 3Only the Lonely

    Only the Lonely (1991)

    ★ 6.2/10

    Danny Muldoon, a Chicago policeman, still lives with his overbearing mother Rose. He meets and falls in love with Theresa Luna, whose father owns the local funeral parlour. Naturally, his mother objects to the…

  4. 4Hellion

    Hellion (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10

    When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for…

  5. 5Laurel Canyon

    Laurel Canyon (2003)

    ★ 6/10

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

  6. 6Girl in the Basement

    Girl in the Basement (2021)

    ★ 7.6/10

    Sara is a teen girl who is looking forward to her 18th birthday to move away from her controlling father Don. But before she could even blow out the candles, Don imprisons her in the basement of their home.

  7. 7Mammal

    Mammal (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10

    After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the…

  8. 8Looks That Kill

    Looks That Kill (2020)

    ★ 6.9/10

    A teenager lives out the hilarious and often tragic consequences of being lethally attractive, until he meets a girl with a congenital defect.

  9. 9Strange Weather

    Strange Weather (2016)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Years after her son's suicide, a woman longs to confront both the past and a friend of his who took his business idea.

  10. 10Friday

    Friday (1995)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.

  11. 11Palm Trees and Power Lines

    Palm Trees and Power Lines (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer break tanning in her backyard, and drifting between tiptoeing around her needy mother, and aimlessly trailing her best friend and boys from school. This monotony is interrupted…

  12. 12Beach Rats

    Beach Rats (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10

    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…

  13. 13Daddy Longlegs

    Daddy Longlegs (2010)

    ★ 6.6/10

    After months of living a solitary existence, Lenny, 34, picks up his kids from school. Every year he spends a couple of weeks with his sons Sage, 9, and Frey, 7. Lenny hosts his kids within a midtown studio apartment…

  14. 14Grandma

    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…

  15. 15Blood Punch

    Blood Punch (2014)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Milton, a college dropout, was only supposed to cook meth for one day. Broken out of rehab by a brash young woman and her trigger-happy ("ex") boyfriend and driven to a remote cabin the woods, Milton finds himself…

  16. 16The Unsaid

    The Unsaid (2001)

    ★ 6.6/10

    A doctor dealing with the aftermath of his son's death tries to help a troubled young man.

  17. 17I Love My Dad

    I Love My Dad (2022)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A hopelessly estranged father catfishes his son in an attempt to reconnect.

  18. 18Thirteen

    Thirteen (2003)

    ★ 6.7/10

    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. 19The 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.

  20. 20The Uninvited

    The Uninvited (2009)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Anna returns home after spending time in a psychiatric facility following her mother's tragic death and discovers that her mother's former nurse, Rachel, has moved into their house and become engaged to her father…

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