Movies Like These Wilder Years

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

Hit the Deck

1955·1h 52m·★ 6.5·Roy Rowland

2 shared crewDir. Roy RowlandDP: George J. Folsey

Witness to Murder

1954·1h 23m·★ 6.6·Roy Rowland

Both star Barbara Stanwyck & Lewis MartinDir. Roy Rowland

Hidden Away

2014·1h 36m·★ 7.0·Mikel Rueda

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A.I. Artificial Intelligence

2001·2h 26m·★ 7.2·Steven Spielberg

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Hot Young Bloods

2014·2h 1m·★ 6.7·Lee Yeon-woo

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Insomnia

2002·1h 58m·★ 7.2·Christopher Nolan

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Tsotsi

2005·1h 34m·★ 7.2·Gavin Hood

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Fear of Rain

2021·1h 49m·★ 6.0·Castille Landon

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The Craft

1996·1h 41m·★ 6.5·Andrew Fleming

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Paranoid Park

2007·1h 24m·★ 6.6·Gus Van Sant

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The Karate Kid Part II

1986·1h 53m·★ 6.2·John G. Avildsen

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Twilight

2008·2h 2m·★ 5.4·Catherine Hardwicke

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Never Been Kissed

1999·1h 47m·★ 6.0·Raja Gosnell

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December Boys

2007·1h 45m·★ 6.5·Rod Hardy

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Holy Lola

2004·2h 10m·★ 6.5·Bertrand Tavernier

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Friends

1971·1h 41m·★ 6.5·Lewis Gilbert

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Affluenza

2014·1h 25m·★ 4.8·Kevin Asch

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Slander

1957·1h 21m·★ 6.5·Roy Rowland

Starring Lewis MartinDir. Roy Rowland

The Moonlighter

1953·1h 18m·★ 5.8·Roy Rowland

Starring Barbara StanwyckDir. Roy Rowland

How Good Is These Wilder Years?

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