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Movies Like Girl

If you liked Girl (2018), a drama movie directed by Lukas Dhont, 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. 1Pariah

    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.

  2. 2Frankie & Alice

    Frankie & Alice (2010)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A drama centered on a go-go dancer with multiple personality disorder who struggles to remain her true self and begins working with a psychotherapist to uncover the mystery of the inner ghosts that haunt her.

  3. 3Center Stage: On Pointe

    Center Stage: On Pointe (2016)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    Jonathan Reeves is tasked with infusing more contemporary styles and modernism into the American Ballet Academy, and enlists his top choreographers Charlie, Cooper and Tommy to recruit dancers to compete at a camp…

  4. 4The Miseducation of Cameron Post

    The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

    ★ 6.9/10Also drama

    Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in…

  5. 5Birds of Paradise

    Birds of Paradise (2021)

    ★ 6.5/10Also drama

    Two dancers at an elite ballet academy in Paris must compete for a contract to join the highly coveted Opéra National de Paris as they confront their competitive nature, sexual awakenings and how far they would go to…

  6. 6The Danish Girl

    The Danish Girl (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    When Gerda Wegener asks her husband Einar to fill in as a portrait model, Einar discovers the person she's meant to be and begins living her life as Lili Elbe. Having realized her true self and with Gerda's love and…

  7. 7The Short History of the Long Road

    The Short History of the Long Road (2019)

    ★ 7.3/10Also 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…

  8. 8Whiplash

    Whiplash (2014)

    ★ 8.4/10Also drama

    Under the direction of a ruthless instructor, a talented young drummer begins to pursue perfection at any cost, even his humanity.

  9. 9Stomp the Yard

    Stomp the Yard (2007)

    ★ 7.2/10Also drama

    After the death of his younger brother, a troubled 19-year-old street dancer from Los Angeles is able to bypass juvenile hall by enrolling in the historically black, Truth University in Atlanta, Georgia. But his…

  10. 10Gracie

    Gracie (2007)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

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

  11. 11Fame

    Fame (1980)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.

  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. 13Closet Monster

    Closet Monster (2016)

    ★ 7/10Also drama

    A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.

  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. 15Hounddog

    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.

  16. 16Vesper

    Vesper (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    After the collapse of Earth's ecosystem, Vesper, a 13-year-old girl struggling to survive with her paralyzed Father, meets a mysterious Woman with a secret that forces Vesper to use her wits, strength and bio-hacking…

  17. 17The Plague

    The Plague (2025)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.

  18. 18Madeline's Madeline

    Madeline's Madeline (2018)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    Madeline has become an integral part of a prestigious physical theater troupe. When the workshop's ambitious director pushes the teenager to weave her rich interior world and troubled history with her mother into their…

  19. 19Ginger & Rosa

    Ginger & Rosa (2012)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A look at the lives of two teenage girls - inseparable friends Ginger and Rosa -- growing up in 1960s London as the Cuban Missile Crisis looms, and the pivotal event the comes to redefine their relationship.

  20. 20Thirteen

    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…

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