Movies like Close
If Close's mix of friendship, suicide and forgiveness stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Close's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Prayers for Bobby
2009 · Directed by Russell Mulcahy · 89 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: suicide, grief, depressing
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay.
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The Fabelmans
2022 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 151 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: bullying, coming of age, teenage boy · From the same decade (2020s)
Growing up in post-World War II era Arizona, young Sammy Fabelman aspires to become a filmmaker as he reaches adolescence, but soon discovers a shattering family secret and explores how the power of films can help him…
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I Killed My Mother
2009 · Directed by Xavier Dolan · 100 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, boys' love (bl) · Also a French drama
Hubert, a brash 17-year-old, is confused and torn by a love-hate relationship with his mother that consumes him more and more each day.
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Giant Little Ones
2019 · Directed by Keith Behrman · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, bullying, coming of age
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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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 152 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, male friendship, bullying
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and…
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It
2017 · Directed by Andy Muschietti · 135 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: bullying, coming of age, grim
In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.
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Paradise Now
2005 · Directed by Hany Abu-Assad · 90 min6.9
Why you'll like itShares: friendship · Also a French drama
Two childhood friends are recruited for a suicide bombing in Tel Aviv
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
2004 · Directed by Alfonso Cuarón · 141 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, best friend
Harry Potter's life is in danger once more as dangerous wizard Sirius Black has escaped from Azkaban Prison and is heading to Hogwarts.
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Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · Directed by David Yates · 138 min7.7
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age, depressing
When a new professor's methods leave Hogwarts unprepared to fight the rising tide of evil, Harry teaches students how to defend against the dark arts.
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1958 · Directed by Richard Brooks · 108 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: suicide
An alcoholic ex-football player drinks his days away, having failed to come to terms with his sexuality and his real feelings for his football buddy who died after an ambiguous accident.
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Manchester by the Sea
2016 · Directed by Kenneth Lonergan · 138 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: grief
After his older brother passes away, Lee Chandler is forced to return home to care for his 16-year-old nephew. There he is compelled to deal with a tragic past that separated him from his family and the community where…
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Almost Famous
2000 · Directed by Cameron Crowe · 124 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age
In 1973, a precocious 15-year-old aspiring rock journalist lands a dream assignment from Rolling Stone to tour with a rising rock band, embarking on a coming-of-age journey as he discovers the exhilarating and…