Movies like Young Hearts (2024)

Name: Young Hearts
Released: 2024

8 films to watch after Young Hearts, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.

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.

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Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe (2023)

Fit 78%

Shares Romance and Drama with Young Hearts.

Two teenage Mexican-American loners in 1987 El Paso explore a new, unusual friendship and the difficult road to self-discovery.
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Get Real (1998)

Fit 72%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

Sensitive rural town model student Steven Carter hides his gay feelings, except with his neighbor and best friend Linda. Suddenly his desperate search for partners leads to a blind date with golden boy John Dixon, bound for an Oxbridge career.
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Giant Little Ones (2019)

Fit 69%

Shares Drama with Young Hearts.

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.
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Girls Like Girls (2026)

Fit 69%

Shares Romance and Drama with Young Hearts.

After her mother's passing, 17-year-old Coley navigates new feelings of intimacy with Sonya in rural Oregon, where both girls must overcome their mutual uncertainties and self-doubt to embrace their connection.
5

The Art of Getting By (2011)

Fit 59%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

George, a lonely and fatalistic teen who's made it all the way to his senior year without ever having done a real day of work, is befriended by Sally, a popular but complicated girl who recognizes in him a kindred spirit.
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An Education (2009)

Fit 49%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much older suitor, motors into her life in a shiny automobile, Jenny gets a taste of adult life that she won't soon forget.
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Inauguration Day (0)

Fit 42%

Shares Drama with Young Hearts.

A coming-of-age ensemble dramedy set against the backdrop of Barack Obama’s historic 2009 presidential inauguration. Set over the course of one transformative day on a predominantly white high school campus, Inauguration Day explores identity, assimilation, political disillusionment, and emotional isolation through the eyes of Black teens with a comedic twist. While the nation celebrates progress, these students confront the quiet reality of what it means to feel unseen within systems that praise their potential but often overlook their presence.
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Love Exposure (2008)

Fit 35%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

The story of a teenage boy called Yu, who falls for Yoko, a girl he runs into while operating for the sake of sin as an upskirt photographer in an offshoot of the porn industry. His attempts to woo her are complicated by a spot of cross-dressing - which convinces Yoko that she is lesbian - dalliances with kung-fu and crime, and a constant struggle with the guilt that's a legacy of his Catholic upbringing.