Movies Like Paulette

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

Mama Weed

2020·1h 44m·★ 6.3·Jean-Paul Salomé

Themes: ghetto, marijuana, street gangFans also likedCrime & Comedy

City of God

2002·2h 9m·★ 8.6·Fernando Meirelles

TMDB recommendsThemes: ghetto, street gang

Boyz n the Hood

1991·1h 52m·★ 7.7·John Singleton

TMDB recommendsThemes: ghetto, street gang

Yamakasi

2001·1h 30m·★ 6.2·Ariel Zeitoun

TMDB recommendsThemes: ghetto, street gang

Menace II Society

1993·1h 37m·★ 7.5·Allen Hughes

Themes: ghetto, street gangFans also liked

Get Rich or Die Tryin'

2005·1h 57m·★ 5.6·Jim Sheridan

Themes: ghetto, street gangFans also liked

Paid in Full

2002·1h 38m·★ 7.0·Charles Stone III

Themes: ghetto, street gangFans also liked

New Jack City

1991·1h 41m·★ 6.7·Mario Van Peebles

Themes: ghetto, street gangFans also liked

Pulp Fiction

1994·2h 34m·★ 8.8·Quentin Tarantino

TMDB recommendsCrime & Comedy

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels

1998·1h 45m·★ 8.1·Guy Ritchie

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

The Big Lebowski

1998·1h 57m·★ 8.1·Joel Coen

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

Pink Flamingos

1972·1h 33m·★ 6.0·John Waters

TMDB recommendsComedy & Crime

A Clockwork Orange

1971·2h 17m·★ 8.2·Stanley Kubrick

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Taxi Driver

1976·1h 54m·★ 8.2·Martin Scorsese

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Trainspotting

1996·1h 34m·★ 8.1·Danny Boyle

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Requiem for a Dream

2000·1h 42m·★ 8.3·Darren Aronofsky

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Training Day

2001·2h 2m·★ 7.8·Antoine Fuqua

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Grease

1978·1h 50m·★ 7.2·Randal Kleiser

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The Outsiders

1983·1h 31m·★ 7.0·Francis Ford Coppola

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8 Mile

2002·1h 51m·★ 7.2·Curtis Hanson

Themes: ghetto, street gang

How Good Is Paulette?

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