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Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma

2026·1h 52m·★ 6.1·Jane Schoenbrun

2 shared crewThemes: nonbinary director, lgbtDir. Jane Schoenbrun

We're All Going to the World's Fair

2022·1h 26m·★ 5.4·Jane Schoenbrun

6 shared themes: nonbinary director, teenager, identity...Dir. Jane SchoenbrunDrama & Horror

Boys in the Trees

2016·1h 52m·★ 6.3·Nicholas Verso

Themes: 1990s, intimate, surrealismFans also likedDrama & Horror

Donnie Darko

2001·1h 54m·★ 8.0·Richard Kelly

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2023·1h 45m·★ 7.6·Andrew Haigh

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2016·1h 30m·★ 7.0·Stephen Dunn

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2023·2h 11m·★ 7.0·Emerald Fennell

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1997·1h 23m·★ 6.6·Gregg Araki

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2003·1h 33m·★ 6.6·Lucky McKee

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The Serpent and the Rainbow

1988·1h 38m·★ 6.4·Wes Craven

Themes: buried alive, surrealismTMDB recommends

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2018·1h 39m·★ 6.3·Craig Johnson

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2014·1h 12m·★ 5.9·Rodrigo Guerrero

Themes: gay theme, lgbtTMDB recommends

Wilde

1997·1h 58m·★ 6.9·Brian Gilbert

Themes: gay theme, lgbtTMDB recommends

A Different Man

2024·1h 52m·★ 6.9·Aaron Schimberg

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2025·1h 40m·★ 7.3·James Sweeney

Themes: gay theme, lgbt, obsession

The Substance

2024·2h 21m·★ 7.2·Coralie Fargeat

Themes: identity, body horrorHorror & Drama

Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani

2023·2h 59m·★ 6.5·Karan Johar

Themes: nostalgic, nostalgia

Black Swan

2010·1h 48m·★ 8.0·Darren Aronofsky

Themes: body horror, obsessionDrama & Horror

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