Movies Like Yosemite (2016)

Yosemite is a 2016 drama film from Gabrielle Demeestere with a MovieMagicScore of 4.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys and Wild Tigers I Have Known.

Drama

The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys

2002

A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.

6.6

MagicScore

Wild Tigers I Have Known

2006

A lyrical telling of the coming of age of a 14-year-old boy who learns to cope with his new found sexuality and his unrequited love for the cool kid in school.

5.6

MagicScore

Palo Alto

2013

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

6.1

MagicScore

Memoria

2016

Ivan Cohen is a young boy living in Palo Alto, California. Unsatisfied by his slacker group of friends, his love for a girl who doesn't know he exists and a dysfunctional family life, he is struggling to find his place in the world. Based on the book Palo Alto by James Franco.

5.2

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The Bear

1988

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

7.1

MagicScore

Unpregnant

2020

A 17-year old Missouri teen discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.

6.9

MagicScore

Once Upon a Time in America

1984

A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.

8.4

MagicScore

The Princess and the Pilot

2011

The war between the Levamme Empire and the Amatsukami Imperium has been raging for years. In the midst of this struggle, the prince of the Levamme Empire declares his love for Juana del Moral and vows to end the war in one year, as part of his marriage proposal. When the Amatsukami catch wind of this, they assault the del Moral residence, targeting Juana's life. As a last-ditch effort to bring the prince his bride, the San Maltilia Airforce employs a mercenary of mixed blood—a bestado—to fly Juana to the prince in secret.

7.8

MagicScore

Past Lives

2023

After decades apart, childhood friends Nora and Hae Sung are reunited in New York for one fateful weekend as they confront notions of destiny, love, and the choices that make a life.

7.7

MagicScore

#10

Promising Young Woman

2020

A young woman, traumatized by a tragic event in her past, seeks out vengeance against those who crossed her path.

7.4

MagicScore

#11

Kings Row

1942

Five young adults in a small American town face the revelations of secrets that threaten to ruin their hopes and dreams.

7.2

MagicScore

#12

Supermarket Woman

1996

A struggling Japanese neighborhood supermarket manager chances upon an old classmate, who has plenty of ideas for revitalizing his business.

6.6

MagicScore

#13

The Falcon and the Snowman

1985

The true story of a disillusioned military contractor employee and his drug pusher childhood friend who became walk-in spies for the Soviet Union.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Something Borrowed

2011

Though Rachel is a successful attorney and a loyal, generous friend, she is still single. After one drink too many at her 30th-birthday celebration, Rachel unexpectedly falls into bed with her longtime crush, Dex -- who happens to be engaged to her best friend, Darcy. Ramifications of the liaison threaten to destroy the women's lifelong friendship, while Ethan, Rachel's confidant, harbors a potentially explosive secret of his own.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

All About Sex

2020

Three friends in their mid-20s struggle to navigate their professional and personal lives, colliding head on with the messy, hilarious and dreadful growing pangs of adulthood.

5.9

MagicScore

#16

River of No Return

1954

An itinerant farmer and his young son help a heart-of-gold saloon singer search for her estranged husband.

6.7

MagicScore

#17

Continental Divide

1981

A hard-nosed Chicago journalist has an unlikely love affair with an eagle researcher.

6.0

MagicScore

#18

Who's That Girl

1987

An uptight New York City tax lawyer gets his life turned upside down one day when he's asked to escort a feisty free-spirited ex-convict who asks him to help prove her innocence of her crime.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

Day of the Animals

1977

The depletion of the earth's ozone layer causes animals above the altitude of 5000 feet to run amok, which is very unfortunate for a group of hikers who get dropped off up there by helicopter just before the quarantine is announced.

5.2

MagicScore

#20

Terrible Teddy, the Grizzly King

1901

Our presidential hunter runs across the landscape and falls down in the snow, gets up with his rifle, and gazes upward at a treed animal which isn't in the camera's view. He fires a shot into the tree, then leaps on the ground to grab the fallen prey, a domestic cat, finishing it off with wild blows of his hunting knife while his companions, a photographer and a press agent, record the event that will be reported far and wide as a manly moment. Teddy then rides out of the forest followed by two companions afoot, never mind that they all originally arrived afoot. Perhaps it was funnier in its day than it is now, but apparently shooting cats was regarded as funny in those days. The larger point was to use a minor whimsy as a political criticism, in this case of Teddy Roosevelt's easy manipulations of the press. It was based on two frames of a political cartoon that had appeared in the paper a mere week before the film was made.

3.9

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Yosemite?

The top films similar to Yosemite by MovieMagicScore are The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (6.6), Wild Tigers I Have Known (5.6), Palo Alto (6.1). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Yosemite worth watching?

Yosemite holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.7/10 from 26 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Yosemite?

Yosemite (2016) is a drama film directed by Gabrielle Demeestere, starring James Franco, Henry Hopper, Steven Wiig.

Where can I find more recommendations like Yosemite?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more drama recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Yosemite

This ranked list pairs Yosemite (2016), a drama film from Gabrielle Demeestere, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of James Franco take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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