Movies Like Sweet Sixteen

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

Raining Stones

1993·1h 30m·★ 7.3·Ken Loach

2 shared crewDir. Ken LoachDP: Barry Ackroyd

Land and Freedom

1995·1h 49m·★ 7.5·Ken Loach

2 shared crewDir. Ken LoachDP: Barry Ackroyd

Ladybird Ladybird

1994·1h 41m·★ 7.4·Ken Loach

2 shared crewDir. Ken LoachDP: Barry Ackroyd

The Navigators

2001·1h 36m·★ 7.0·Ken Loach

2 shared crewDir. Ken LoachDP: Barry Ackroyd

Carla's Song

1996·2h 5m·★ 6.8·Ken Loach

2 shared crewDir. Ken LoachDP: Barry Ackroyd

Riff-Raff

1991·1h 35m·★ 7.0·Ken Loach

2 shared crewDir. Ken LoachDP: Barry Ackroyd

Looking for Eric

2009·1h 56m·★ 7.1·Ken Loach

2 shared crewDir. Ken LoachDP: Barry Ackroyd

T2 Trainspotting

2017·1h 57m·★ 7.1·Danny Boyle

Themes: heroin, scotlandFans also likedDrama & Crime

Trainspotting

1996·1h 34m·★ 8.1·Danny Boyle

Themes: heroin, drug dealer, scotlandDrama & Crime

The Angels' Share

2012·1h 41m·★ 7.0·Ken Loach

Fans also likedStarring William RuaneDir. Ken Loach

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama

The Faculty

1998·1h 44m·★ 6.6·Robert Rodriguez

Themes: drug dealer, teacher

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

2004·1h 35m·★ 6.9·Niels Mueller

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Kill Bill: Vol. 2

2004·2h 16m·★ 8.0·Quentin Tarantino

Themes: single, sibling relationship

Se7en

1995·2h 7m·★ 8.6·David Fincher

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Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

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Hotel Rwanda

2004·2h 2m·★ 8.1·Terry George

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Arsenic and Old Lace

1944·1h 58m·★ 7.9·Frank Capra

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The Big Sleep

1946·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

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How Good Is Sweet Sixteen?

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