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.

1

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.
2

Giant Little Ones (2019)

Fit 71%

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.
3

Summer Storm (2004)

Fit 67%

Shares Drama with Young Hearts.

Tobi and Achim, the pride of the local crew club, have been the best of friends for years and are convinced that nothing will ever stand in the way of their friendship. They look forward to the upcoming summer camp and the crew competition. Then the gay team from Berlin arrives and Tobi is totally confused. The evening before the races begin, the storm that breaks out is more than meteorological.
4

Great Freedom (2021)

Fit 64%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

In post-war Germany, liberation by the Allies does not mean freedom for everyone. Hans Hoffmann is repeatedly imprisoned under Paragraph 175, which criminalizes homosexuality. Nevertheless, over the decades, he continues his quest for freedom and love, even if he finds it in the most unusual places.
5

Mala Noche (1987)

Fit 60%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

Walt is a lonely convenience store clerk who has fallen in love with a Mexican migrant worker named Johnny. Though Walt has little in common with the object of his affections — including a shared language — his desire to possess Johnny prompts a sexual awakening that results in a tangled love triangle.
6

Head-On (2004)

Fit 56%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
7

Monsieur Ibrahim (2003)

Fit 41%

Shares Drama with Young Hearts.

Paris, 1960s. Momo, a resolute and independent Jewish teenager who lives with his father, a sullen and depressed man, in a working-class neighborhood, develops a close friendship with Monsieur Ibrahim, an elderly Muslim who owns a small grocery store.
8

Harold and Maude (1971)

Fit 41%

Shares Drama and Romance with Young Hearts.

A deadpan young man obsessed with death meets an eccentric septuagenarian who teaches him to live life to the fullest.