Movies like Floating
If Floating's mix of male friendship, car crash and alcoholism stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Floating's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Moonlight
2016 · Directed by Barry Jenkins · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, gay theme
The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his…
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Uncle Frank
2020 · Directed by Alan Ball · 95 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: alcoholism, gay theme
In 1973, when Frank Bledsoe and his 18-year-old niece Beth take a road trip from Manhattan to Creekville, South Carolina for the family patriarch's funeral, they're unexpectedly joined by Frank's lover Walid.
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Giant Little Ones
2019 · Directed by Keith Behrman · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, gay theme
Two 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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My Own Private Idaho
1991 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 104 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: male friendship, gay theme · From the same decade (1990s)
In this loose adaptation of Shakespeare's "Henry IV," Mike Waters is a hustler afflicted with narcolepsy. Scott Favor is the rebellious son of a mayor.
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Paranoid Park
2007 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 85 min6.5
Why you'll like itShares: male friendship, coming of age
A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".
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Good Will Hunting
1997 · Directed by Gus Van Sant · 127 min8.2
Why you'll like itWith Casey Affleck · Shares: male friendship · From the same decade (1990s)
Will Hunting is a headstrong, working-class genius who is failing the lessons of life. After one too many run-ins with the law, Will's last chance is a psychology professor, who might be the only man who can reach him.
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21 Grams
2003 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 124 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: car crash
Paul Rivers, an ailing mathematician lovelessly married to an English émigré; Christina Peck, an upper-middle-class suburban housewife and mother of two girls; and Jack Jordan, a born-again ex-con, are brought together…
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Mean Creek
2004 · Directed by Jacob Aaron Estes · 90 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far.
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Biker Boyz
2003 · Directed by Reggie Rock Bythewood · 110 min6.4
Why you'll like itShares: car crash
A mythic motorcycle tale of father and son, this is the story of Manuel Galloway, also known as "the King of Cali", the president of a motorcycle club whose members are all African-American men, mostly white-collar…
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White Squall
1996 · Directed by Ridley Scott · 129 min6.3
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · From the same decade (1990s)
In 1960, a hardy group of prep school students boards an old-fashioned sailing ship. With Capt. Christopher Sheldon at the helm, the oceangoing voyage is intended to teach the boys fortitude and discipline.