Movies Like Close (2022)

Close is a 2022 drama film from Lukas Dhont with a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Monster and Bleak Night.

Drama

Monster

2023

After an outburst at school involving her son, a concerned single mother demands answers, triggering a sequence of deepening suspicion and turmoil.

7.9

MagicScore

Bleak Night

2011

The suicide of a former high-school bully puts the boy's father on a quest for answers.

7.3

MagicScore

Young Hearts

2024

14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.

8.6

MagicScore

Sublime

2022

When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?

7.1

MagicScore

Giant Little Ones

2019

Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.

7.1

MagicScore

Moonlight

2016

The tender, heartbreaking story of a young man’s struggle to find himself, told across three defining chapters in his life as he experiences the ecstasy, pain, and beauty of falling in love, while grappling with his own sexuality.

7.4

MagicScore

Joe Bell

2020

The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.

6.5

MagicScore

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

Teens Like Phil

2012

Inspired by the alarming increase in real-life tragedies involving high school bullying and suicide, Teens Like Phil tells the story of a gay teen, Phil, and his former friend, Adam, who brutally bullies him.

5.5

MagicScore

#10

The Long Walk

2025

In a dystopian 1970s America, fifty teenage boys take part in a deadly annual walking contest, forced to maintain a minimum pace or be executed, until only one survivor remains.

6.9

MagicScore

#11

Twinless

2025

Two men who lost their respective twin brothers develop a growing friendship after meeting in a support group. However, both harbor long-hidden secrets that threaten to tear them apart.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

2012

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

7.8

MagicScore

#13

Those People

2015

On Manhattan's gilded Upper East Side, a young gay painter is torn between an obsession with his infamous best friend and a promising new romance with an older foreign pianist.

6.9

MagicScore

#14

The Tree of Life

2011

The impressionistic story of a Texas family in the 1950s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

6.7

MagicScore

#15

Eternal Summer

2006

Three high school students experience the perks and pitfalls of love in director Leste Chen’s sensitive tale of friendship and yearning.

6.1

MagicScore

#16

Terkel in Trouble

2004

6th-grader Terkel begins experiencing a streak of bad luck after sitting on a black spider. His teacher dies and is replaced by the strange Justin. At home, Terkel's Uncle Stewart erupts in sporadic fits of rage, and at school Terkel is bullied by two boys after they learn that fat Doris likes him. On a school camping trip, Terkel begins receiving death threats and must figure out who wants to kill him.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

My Best Friend

2018

Lorenzo, a quiet teenager lives in a small town at the edge of the world in beautiful Patagonia. He’s a good student and a curious and smart person, more skilled in music and literature than sports. Lorenzo’s father decides to host Caito, the son of a friend from Buenos Aires who had to go to hospital for a long stay. Caito has obviously a different family background and seems to be a tough kid. Lorenzo finds Caito very intriguing in many ways as they start spending a lot of time together…

7.0

MagicScore

#18

The Iron Claw

2023

The true story of the inseparable Von Erich brothers, who made history in the intensely competitive world of professional wrestling in the early 1980s. Through tragedy and triumph, under the shadow of their domineering father and coach, the brothers seek larger-than-life immortality on the biggest stage in sports.

7.5

MagicScore

#19

Teenage Kicks

2016

Miklós is at the age when everything feels high-stakes. He is coming to terms with his own sexuality, and when his best friend Dan reveals that he has a new girlfriend, this puts an end to their plans to run away together.

5.8

MagicScore

#20

Everybody Wants Some!!

2016

A comedy that follows a group of friends as they navigate their way through the freedoms and responsibilities of unsupervised adulthood.

6.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Close?

The top films similar to Close by MovieMagicScore are Monster (7.9), Bleak Night (7.3), Young Hearts (8.6). Each shares drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Close worth watching?

Close holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.8/10 from 922 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Close?

Close (2022) is a drama film directed by Lukas Dhont, starring Eden Dambrine, Gustav De Waele, Émilie Dequenne.

Where can I find more recommendations like Close?

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 Close

This ranked list pairs Close (2022), a drama film from Lukas Dhont, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Eden Dambrine 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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