Movies like Private Romeo (2011)
The best movies like Private Romeo (2011) are Watercolors (2008), Akron (2015) and Leo's Room (2010). If Private Romeo hooked you with its drama and romance, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Way He Looks (2014)7.9/10 from 1,017 votes
- NewestSublime (2022)Released 2022
Watercolors (2008)
Carter, a troubled teen stays with a friend of his dads and starts flirting with her son Danny. After the weekend school returns, however Carter a school jock tells Danny he does not want to be seen with him at school. Their relationship grows outside school hours though & soon enough Danny falls in love with Carter & after Danny is attacked romance ensures, but can it last.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisAkron (2015)
Benny, a college freshman at the University of Akron, Ohio meets and falls for fellow freshman Christopher at a football game. With the support of their families and friends they embark on a new relationship. But a tragic event in the past involving their mothers soon comes to light and threatens to tear them apart.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLeo's Room (2010)
Leo, a young man coming to terms with his own sexuality, runs into Caro, a primary school friend he fancied when they were kids, who's now trying to ward off her own personal demons. This casual re-encounter will affect their personal conflicts without either truly grasping the other's problem.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoys (2014)
Two teen track stars discover first love as they train for the biggest relay race of their young lives.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHidden Away (2014)
At the age of 14 the world around you changes at a dizzying speed. But what if actually it's you that changing? What if these changes take you away from what up until now, has been your world? Ibrahim and Rafa are going to suffer these changes for themselves, experiencing first love in a way they never could have imagined. And having to keep it Hidden away.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSilent Youth (2012)
Two young students bump into each other in Berlin and feel attracted to each other. They tentatively get to know each other, which only adds to their confusion as they are torn between shame and desire.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisSomething Like Summer (2017)
Something Like Summer traces the tumultuous relationship of Ben and Tim, secret high school sweethearts who grow over the years into both adulthood enemies and complicated friends.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisSoft Lad (2015)
Twenty-two year old David has it all – he’s young, hot, and he’s just got into the prestigious dance school of his dreams. But he has a secret: for two years he’s been sleeping with his sister’s husband, Jules. After an argument between the two lovers, David throws himself into a one-night stand with Sam, a casual encounter which fast becomes something much stronger.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Beautiful Something (2015)
Four diverse gay men navigate art, sex and love in one sublime night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Shelter (2007)
Forced to give up his dreams of art school, Zach works dead-end jobs to support his sister and her son. Questioning his life, he paints, surfs and hangs out with his best friend, Gabe. When Gabe's older brother returns home for the summer, Zach suddenly finds himself drawn into a relationship he didn't expect.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAbout Us (2017)
Two young students, Matheus and Diego, experience their first love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
I Don't Want to Go Back Alone (2011)
The arrival of a new student in school changes Leonardo's life. This 15 year-old blind teenager has to deal with the jealousy of his friend Giovana while figuring out the new feelings he's having towards his new friend, Gabriel.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Falls (2012)
RJ and Chris were both born and raised in the Mormon Church. Both have pretty girlfriends, were Eagle Scouts at a young age and have perfect academic records. Now, it’s their turn to serve a mission and experience the Mormon rite of passage. Unknown to them, serving a mission will not only open the doors to strangers’ households – where they preach the Gospel – but it will open up secrets in their own lives — and feelings that they’ve long kept buried.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDream Boy (2008)
The story of Nathan, a young teenager who tries to flourish in a romantic relationship with neighbour Roy. The two young men will have to face the brutal reality of the rural south of the United States in the late 1970s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNorth Sea Texas (2011)
A teen boy living in a small town on the Belgian coast finds his ordinary life take an unexpected turn when a handsome traveler blows through town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisGet Real (1998)
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisEsteros (2016)
Childhood friends Matías and Jerónimo reach adolescence and experience sexual attraction to each other, before being separated by circumstances. Later, as young adults, they meet again, and the film follows themes of complicated relationships and sexual tensions, as well as issues of homophobia.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Falls: Testament of Love (2013)
Picking up five years after the doomed romance between Mormon missionaries RJ and Chris, though their lives have taken radically different paths, the death of a mutual friend unexpectedly reunites the two men at a time when both are attempting to establish their adult lives. As old feelings of love and regret are rekindled, RJ and Chris must once again confront their seemingly impossible love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRetake (2016)
A lonely, middle-aged man hires a male prostitute to recreate a road trip from his past.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Edge of Seventeen (1999)
1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Way He Looks (2014)
Leonardo is a blind teenager dealing with an overprotective mother while trying to live a more independent life. To the disappointment of his best friend, Giovana, he plans to go on an exchange program abroad. When Gabriel, a new student in town, arrives at their classroom, new feelings blossom in Leonardo making him question his plans.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisGeography Club (2013)
A coming-of-age movie that tells a story unfolding in every high school around the country -- a story of kids hiding their true identities in plain sight, even as they feverishly pursue their hearts' desires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Pass (2016)
The night before their debut game, two professional soccer players share a kiss. In a sporting world where image is everything, this surprising ‘pass’ sets the men up for a contrasting decade of fame and failure, full of secrets and denial.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSublime (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?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBoys (2018)
When Jonas was 14 he met the charismatic but mysterious Nathan. In addition to guiding him in grappling with his sexuality, Jonas soon confronts something dark and even dangerous about his new friend. Now an attractive, sexually assured adult, memories from this time still haunt Jonas.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDare (2009)
When a pompous actor tells good girl Alexa that she hasn't lived, she embarks on a bold journey that takes her to mysterious bad boy Johnny. Envious, her shy best friend Ben also dares to pursue Johnny.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisDog Tags (2008)
Raised in a single parent family by his mother Nate Merritt, develops a friendship with a gay man whilst on leave from the US marines.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Burning Blue (2014)
Two Navy fighter pilots find themselves in the midst of a forbidden relationship throwing their lives and careers into disarray.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRestless (2011)
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHigh School Lover (2017)
17-year-old Kelly falls in love with Christian, an older man, her father tries to intervene before the crush turns into a dangerous obsession.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Private Romeo?
The closest matches to Private Romeo are Watercolors (2008), Akron (2015) and Leo's Room (2010). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Private Romeo?
People who watched Private Romeo most often go on to Watercolors (2008), Akron (2015) and Leo's Room (2010).
What is the highest-rated movie like Private Romeo?
The Way He Looks (2014), rated 7.9/10 by 1,017 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Private Romeo?
Sublime (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Private Romeo?
Yes: Watercolors (2008), Akron (2015) and Something Like Summer (2017).
How are movies similar to Private Romeo chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Private Romeo, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.