Movies Like Royalty
If you liked Royalty (2020), a drama movie directed by Sav Souza and Logan Thomason, 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.
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Tea and Sympathy (1956)
★ 7/10Also dramaA sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife.
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Boy Erased (2018)
★ 7/10Also dramaJared, the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town, is outed to his parents at age 19. Jared is faced with an ultimatum: attend a gay conversion therapy program – or be permanently exiled and shunned by his…
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Pretty Boy (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaSean is taken to a motel and is given a prostitute for his 18th birthday by his father. He must sleep with her to "fix" his questionable homosexuality. "Pretty Boy" is a coming of age story of a young bullied teen…
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Higher Learning (1995)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfrican-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…
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Pariah (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
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Gracie (2007)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA teenager faces an uphill battle when she fights to give women the opportunity to play competitive soccer.
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Joe Bell (2020)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaThe true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.
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Teen Spirit (2019)
★ 6/10Also dramaA 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.
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The Death & Life of John F. Donovan (2019)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaA decade after the death of an American TV star, a young actor reminisces about the written correspondence he once shared with the former, as well as the impact those letters had on both their lives.
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The Boys in the Band (1970)
★ 7/10Also dramaHarold is celebrating a birthday, and his friend Michael has drafted some other friends to help commemorate the event. As the evening progresses, an unexpected guest shows up, the alcohol flows, the knives come out…
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Giant Little Ones (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaTwo popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
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Closet Monster (2016)
★ 7/10Also dramaA creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.
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Fame (1980)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaA chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a New York high school for students gifted in the performing arts.
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Face 2 Face (2017)
★ 6/10Also dramaOver a series of video chats, a teenage outcast reaches out to his childhood friend, but finds that behind the veneer of popularity and a seemingly perfect life, she hides a disturbing secret.
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A Kid Like Jake (2018)
★ 6/10Also dramaOn the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake's preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake's gender expansive…
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Hala (2019)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaSeventeen-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…
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Dear Evan Hansen (2021)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaEvan Hansen, a high schooler with social anxiety, unintentionally gets caught up in a lie after the family of a classmate who committed suicide mistakes one of Hansen’s letters for their son’s suicide note.
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Kidulthood (2006)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaA day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
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Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story (2003)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaBased 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.
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The Boys in the Band (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAt a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.