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Movies Like Young and Wild

If you liked Young and Wild (2012), a comedy and drama movie directed by Marialy Rivas, 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. 1Beast

    Beast (2026)

    ★ 7.5/10Also drama

    MMA legend Patton James, now a commercial fisherman, is pulled back into the cage when his brother is in danger. Reuniting with his old coach Sammy, he commits to one final fight in one championship against the brutal…

  2. 2My Brother the Devil

    My Brother the Devil (2012)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama

    Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic…

  3. 3XXY

    XXY (2007)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Alex, an intersexed 15-year-old, is living as a girl, but she and her family begin to wonder whether she's emotionally a boy when another teenager's sexual advances bring the issue to a head. As Alex faces a final…

  4. 4Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…

  5. 5From Straight A's to XXX

    From Straight A's to XXX (2017)

    ★ 5.9/10Also drama

    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…

  6. 6Fitting In

    Fitting In (2024)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and drama

    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…

  7. 7The Notorious Bettie Page

    The Notorious Bettie Page (2006)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and drama

    Bettie Page grew up in a conservative religious family in Tennessee and became a photo model sensation in 1950s New York. Bettie's legendary pin-up photos made her the target of a Senate investigation into pornography…

  8. 8Heatwave

    Heatwave (2022)

    ★ 6.2/10Also drama

    A woman's life takes an unexpected turn when she falls for her boss's wife. She must soon defend herself as she becomes entangled in a web of malice.

  9. 910,000 Saints

    10,000 Saints (2015)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and drama

    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…

  10. 10The Truth About Emanuel

    The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    ★ 6/10Also drama

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

  11. 11Hounddog

    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.

  12. 12CQ

    CQ (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and drama

    A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a new-found infatuation with the sci-fi…

  13. 13On the Road

    On the Road (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also drama

    Veneno, a rebellious young drifter, frequents roadside diners where he sleeps with truck drivers. Urgently needing a ride, he meets Muñeco, a hard-edged driver who keeps to himself. He convinces Muñeco to take him…

  14. 14All About Nina

    All About Nina (2018)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    Nina Geld's passion and talent have made her a rising star in the comedy scene, but she's an emotional mess offstage. When a new professional opportunity coincides with a romantic one, she is forced to confront her own…

  15. 15Iron Jawed Angels

    Iron Jawed Angels (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama

    Defiant young activists take the women's suffrage movement by storm, putting their lives at risk to help American women win the right to vote.

  16. 16Landline

    Landline (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy and drama

    A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.

  17. 17Almost Friends

    Almost Friends (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and comedy

    A man in his mid-20s, still living at home with his mother and stepfather, puts all his eggs in one basket: the girl who works at his local coffee shop. The problem is, she has a serious boyfriend. As they become…

  18. 18Shirley

    Shirley (2020)

    ★ 6.1/10Also drama

    A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.

  19. 19A Dry White Season

    A Dry White Season (1989)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama

    During the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police custody.

  20. 20The Trials of Cate McCall

    The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)

    ★ 6.4/10Also drama

    In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

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