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Movies like The End (1969)

The best movies like The End (1969) are The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), The Wanderers (1979) and Call Me by Your Name (2017). If The End hooked you, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)

    Teenager Susan Turner, with a severe crush on playboy artist Richard Nugent, sneaks into his apartment to model for him and is found there by her sister Judge Margaret Turner. Threatened with jail, Nugent agrees to date Susan until the crush abates.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  2. The Wanderers (1979)

    The streets of the Bronx are owned by '60s youth gangs where the joy and pain of adolescence is lived. Philip Kaufman tells his take on the novel by Richard Price about the history of the Italian-American gang ‘The Wanderers.’

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  3. Call Me by Your Name (2017)

    In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  4. Star 80 (1983)

    Paul Snider is a narcissistic, small time hustler who fancies himself a ladies man. His life changes when he meets Dorothy Stratten working behind the counter of a Dairy Queen. Under his guidance Dorothy grows to fame as a Playboy Playmate. But when Dorothy begins pursuing an acting career, the jealous Paul finds himself elbowed out of the picture by more famous men.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  5. The Five Heartbeats (1991)

    In the early 1960s, a quintet of hopeful, young African-American men form an amateur vocal group called The Five Heartbeats. After an initially rocky start, the group improves, turns pro, and rises to become a top flight music sensation. Along the way, however, the guys learn many hard lessons about the reality of the music industry.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  6. Hot Bubblegum (1981)

    Further adventures of Bobby, Benji, and Huey in their pursuit of sex in the 50's. While preparing for their final exams, they try to work out if it's better to be going steady with one girl, and if changing girlfriends all the time leads to too many complications. This leads to frustrations with girls who wont go all the way, and problems with girls will go all the way with anyone!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

  7. Last Exit to Brooklyn (1989)

    A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  8. The Rule of Jenny Pen (2025)

    Confined to a secluded rest home and trapped within his stroke-ridden body, a former Judge must stop an elderly psychopath who employs a child's puppet to abuse the home's residents with deadly consequences.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  9. That's What I Am (2011)

    A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  10. Gatlopp: Hell of a Game (2022)

    Four friends get together for a nostalgic evening of fun and games after a decade of absence, which takes a dark turn.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  11. Mr. Harrigan's Phone (2022)

    Craig, a young boy living in a small town befriends an older, reclusive billionaire, Mr. Harrigan. The two form a bond over books and an iPhone, but when the man passes away the boy discovers that not everything dead is gone.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  12. Summer of 84 (2018)

    After suspecting that their police officer neighbor is a serial killer, a group of teenage friends spend their summer spying on him and gathering evidence, but as they get closer to discovering the truth, things get dangerous.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  13. Apt Pupil (1998)

    One day in 1984, Todd Bowden, a brilliant high school boy fascinated by the history of Nazism, stumbles across an old man whose appearance resembles that of Kurt Dussander, a wanted Nazi war criminal. A month later, Todd decides to knock on his door.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  14. Going Steady (1979)

    It's the greasy 50's, and girls are still causing problems for the Lemon Popsicle boys! Benji falls head over heels in love with new girl Tammy but manages to ruin the relationship by pushing her to go all the way. Benji is the object of Martha's affections, even though she is dating Huey, and as usual Bobby is finding it hard to stay faithful to just one girl! Going Stead is set against a backdrop of sunlit beaches, moonlit nights... and Rock 'n' Roll!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  15. Charm City Kings (2020)

    Mouse desperately wants to join The Midnight Clique, the infamous Baltimore dirt bike riders who rule the summertime streets. When Midnight’s leader, Blax, takes 14-year-old Mouse under his wing, Mouse soon finds himself torn between the straight-and-narrow and a road filled with fast money and violence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  16. 20th Century Women (2016)

    In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – Abbie, a free-spirited punk artist living as a boarder in the Fields' home and Julie, a savvy and provocative teenage neighbour – to help with Jamie's upbringing.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  17. Bastard Out of Carolina (1996)

    A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer and farther apart: Anney sees Glen as her last chance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  18. Goodbye June (2025)

    Four siblings' lives change drastically when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the holiday season.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  19. It Follows (2015)

    A young woman is followed by an unknown supernatural force after a sexual encounter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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  20. A Very Natural Thing (1974)

    When David, an ex-monk still in his twenties meets Mark, he falls hard; soon he's asked Mark if they can live together. Things go well for awhile, and then differences in their definition of "commitment" begin to push them apart. Mark wants other sexual adventures, David tries to go along. Can they talk through the crisis in their relationship or is a breakup in the offing? David sees his relationship with Mark as a marriage, so if it ends, can David's heart ever heal?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The End?

The closest matches to The End are The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), The Wanderers (1979) and Call Me by Your Name (2017). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The End?

Start with The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), the closest match to The End.

What is the highest-rated movie like The End?

Call Me by Your Name (2017), rated 8.1/10 by 13,047 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The End?

Goodbye June (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to The End chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The End, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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