Movies Like Porcupine Lake (2017)

Porcupine Lake is a 2017 drama, romance film from Ingrid Veninger with a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with I Like Movies and Turning Red.

Drama Romance

I Like Movies

2023

Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.

7.0

MagicScore

Turning Red

2022

Thirteen-year-old Mei is experiencing the awkwardness of being a teenager with a twist – when she gets too excited, she transforms into a giant red panda.

7.3

MagicScore

How to Have Sex

2023

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

6.2

MagicScore

Smooth Talk

1985

Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterious stranger.

6.2

MagicScore

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2005

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first summer apart, the pals decide they'll swap the pants so that each girl in turn can enjoy the magic.

6.5

MagicScore

Cottage Country

2013

When Todd takes his girlfriend Cammie up to the family cottage for a reclusive proposal, the last thing he expected to be doing was dealing with was his slacker brother and his hippie girlfriend. But in this comedy of errors, Todd and Cammie, have to deal with his accidentally murdered brother in order to live happily ever after.

5.4

MagicScore

What Jennifer Did

2024

When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.

6.3

MagicScore

Deadly Eyes

1982

Corn grain contaminated with steroids produces large rats the size of small dogs who begin feeding on the residents of Toronto. Paul, a college basketball coach, teams up with Kelly, a local health inspector, to uncover the source of the mysterious rat attacks and they eventually try to prevent the opening of a new subway line as well as find the mutant rats nest quickly, or there will be a huge massacre of the entire city!

5.7

MagicScore

The Breach

2022

John Hawkins is set to retire from his post as police chief of the small town of Lone Crow, that is tucked away in the deep woods of northern Ontario. But following the discovery of a gruesome body with uncanny injuries, he’s pulled into an investigation to solve the horrifying mystery, which evades explanation.

4.8

MagicScore

#10

Hellions

2015

A teen faces a night of terror when three malevolent trick-or-treaters come knocking at her door.

3.9

MagicScore

#11

Ava

2017

Ava, 13, is spending the summer on the Atlantic coast when she learns that she will lose her sight sooner than expected. Her mother decides to act as if everything were normal so as to spend their best summer ever. Ava confronts the problem in her own way. She steals a big black dog that belongs to a young man on the run...

6.2

MagicScore

#12

The To Do List

2013

Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.

5.8

MagicScore

#13

My Old Ass

2024

An 18th birthday mushroom trip brings free-spirited Elliott face-to-face with her wisecracking 39-year-old self. But when Elliott’s "old ass" starts handing out warnings about what her younger self should and shouldn't do, Elliott realizes she has to rethink everything about family, love, and what's becoming a transformative summer.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Falcon Lake

2022

A shy teenager on a summer vacation experiences the joy and pain of young adulthood when he forges an unlikely bond with an older girl.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

2015

Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

6.6

MagicScore

#16

Water Lilies

2007

Set during a sultry summer in a French suburb, Marie is desperate to join the local pool's synchronized swimming team, but is her interest solely for the sake of sport or for a chance to get close to Floriane, the bad girl of the team? Sciamma, and the two leads, capture the uncertainty of teenage sexuality with a sympathetic eye in this delicate drama of the angst of coming-of-age.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Puppylove

2013

When a free-spirited girl befriends a young teenager, they leave childhood behind to embrace a dangerous world of clubbing and sex with strange men.

5.7

MagicScore

#18

Ginger Snaps

2001

The story of two outcast sisters, Ginger and Brigitte, in the mindless suburban town of Bailey Downs. On the night of Ginger's first period, she is savagely attacked by a wild creature. Ginger's wounds miraculously heal but something is not quite right. Now Brigitte must save her sister and save herself.

6.9

MagicScore

#19

Lady Bird

2017

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

7.2

MagicScore

#20

The Edge of Seventeen

2016

Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Porcupine Lake?

The top films similar to Porcupine Lake by MovieMagicScore are I Like Movies (7.0), Turning Red (7.3), How to Have Sex (6.2). Each shares drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Porcupine Lake worth watching?

Porcupine Lake holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.2/10 from 35 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Porcupine Lake?

Porcupine Lake (2017) is a drama, romance film directed by Ingrid Veninger, starring Charlotte Salisbury, Lucinda Armstrong Hall, Christopher Bolton.

Where can I find more recommendations like Porcupine Lake?

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 Porcupine Lake

This ranked list pairs Porcupine Lake (2017), a drama and romance film from Ingrid Veninger, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Charlotte Salisbury 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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