Movies Like Young Adam

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

Asylum

2005·1h 39m·★ 6.1·David Mackenzie

2 shared crewDir. David MackenzieDP: Giles Nuttgens

Perfect Sense

2011·1h 33m·★ 7.0·David Mackenzie

2 shared crewDir. David MackenzieDP: Giles Nuttgens

Hell or High Water

2016·1h 42m·★ 7.6·David Mackenzie

2 shared crewDir. David MackenzieDP: Giles Nuttgens

Relay

2025·1h 52m·★ 7.0·David Mackenzie

2 shared crewDir. David MackenzieDP: Giles Nuttgens

Hallam Foe

2007·1h 35m·★ 6.9·David Mackenzie

2 shared crewDir. David MackenzieDP: Giles Nuttgens

Fuze

2026·1h 36m·★ 6.2·David Mackenzie

2 shared crewDir. David MackenzieDP: Giles Nuttgens

Chinatown

1974·2h 10m·★ 8.1·Roman Polanski

Themes: river, dying and death, neo-noirFans also likedCrime & Drama & Thriller

Talk to Her

2002·1h 52m·★ 7.9·Pedro Almodóvar

Themes: pregnancy, dying and deathTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

Love in the Time of Cholera

2007·2h 19m·★ 6.4·Mike Newell

Themes: extramarital affair, dying and deathTMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

The Voyeur

1994·1h 38m·★ 5.5·Tinto Brass

Themes: adultery, extramarital affairDrama & Romance

Lars and the Real Girl

2007·1h 47m·★ 7.3·Craig Gillespie

TMDB recommendsStarring Emily MortimerDrama & Romance

Jackie Brown

1997·2h 34m·★ 7.5·Quentin Tarantino

TMDB recommendsCrime & Drama & Thriller

Paradise Now

2005·1h 30m·★ 7.4·Hany Abu-Assad

TMDB recommendsCrime & Thriller & Drama

Trainspotting

1996·1h 34m·★ 8.1·Danny Boyle

Both star Ewan McGregor & Peter MullanDrama & Crime

Bad Education

2004·1h 45m·★ 7.4·Pedro Almodóvar

TMDB recommendsDrama & Crime

Outbreak

1995·2h 9m·★ 6.6·Wolfgang Petersen

TMDB recommendsDrama & Thriller

My Life Without Me

2003·1h 46m·★ 7.4·Isabel Coixet

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

To Take A Wife

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Ronit Elkabetz

TMDB recommendsDrama & Romance

In a Lonely Place

1950·1h 33m·★ 7.9·Nicholas Ray

Fans also likedThriller & Drama & Romance

Cape Fear

1962·1h 45m·★ 7.7·J. Lee Thompson

Fans also likedThriller & Drama & Crime

How Good Is Young Adam?

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