Movies like Sofia Was
If Sofia Was's mix of coming of age, lost youth and queer stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Sofia Was's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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American Beauty
1999 · Directed by Sam Mendes · 122 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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Pixote
1980 · Directed by Héctor Babenco · 127 min7.9
Why you'll like itAlso a Portuguese-language drama
10-year-old Pixote endures torture, degradation, and corruption at a local youth detention center where two of its members are murdered by policemen who frame Lilica, a 17-year-old trans hustler.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · Directed by Stephen Chbosky · 103 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
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…
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Moonlight
2016 · Directed by Barry Jenkins · 112 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
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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20th Century Women
2016 · Directed by Mike Mills · 119 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion.
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Closet Monster
2016 · Directed by Stephen Dunn · 90 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
A creative and driven teenager is desperate to escape his hometown and the haunting memories of his turbulent childhood.
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
2018 · Directed by Desiree Akhavan · 92 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr.