Movies like Cherrybomb (2009)
The best movies like Cherrybomb (2009) are Summer Night (2019), Groove (2000) and Submarine (2011). If Cherrybomb 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 ratedLeave Her to Heaven (1945)7.5/10 from 298 votes
- NewestOur Ladies (2019)Released 2019
Summer Night (2019)
In a small town, a young, tight-knit group of friends fall in and out of love over the course of one intoxicating, music-filled summer night.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Groove (2000)
An inside look into one night in the San Francisco underground rave scene.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSubmarine (2011)
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Rise (2012)
After being released from prison for a crime he didn't commit, Harvey Miller has revenge on his mind. He recruits his three best friends to help him rob the local drug kingpin whose betrayal put him away in the first place.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPin Cushion (2018)
Super close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes 'best friends' with Keely, Stacey and Chelsea. Used to being Iona's bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with Belinda, her neighbour.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Date for Mad Mary (2016)
"Mad" Mary McArdle returns to Drogheda after a short spell in prison for something she'd rather forget. Back home, everything and everyone has changed. Her best friend, Charlene, is about to get married and Mary is maid of honor. When Charlene refuses Mary a 'plus one' on the grounds that she probably couldn't find a date, Mary becomes determined to prove her wrong.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNew Town Killers (2008)
Two private bankers, Alistair and Jamie, who have the world at their feet get their kicks from playing a 12 hour game of hunt, hide and seek with people from the margins of society. Their next target is Sean Macdonald a parentless teenager who lives with his sister on a housing estate on the outskirts of Edinburgh. She's in debt, he's going nowhere fast. Sean agrees to play for cash.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCemetery Junction (2010)
In 1970s England, three blue-collar friends spend their days joking, drinking, fighting and chasing girls. Freddie wants to leave their working-class world but cool, charismatic Bruce and lovable loser Snork are happy with life the way it is. When Freddie gets a new job as a door-to-door salesman and bumps into his old school sweetheart Julie, the gang are forced to make choices that will change their lives for ever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisOur Ladies (2019)
In 1996 Scotland, a group of Catholic schoolgirls get an opportunity to go into Edinburgh for a choir competition, but they're more interested in drinking, partying and hooking up than winning the competition.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisYoung Adam (2003)
A young drifter working on a river barge disrupts his employers' lives while hiding the fact that he knows more about a dead woman found in the river than he admits.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisBrighton Rock (2010)
Charts the headlong fall of Pinkie, a razor-wielding disadvantaged teenager with a religious death wish.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisDummy (2009)
A coming of age drama about two young brothers whose lives are thrown into turmoil when their mother dies suddenly, leaving them to fend for themselves. While Danny loses himself in music, sex and drugs, his younger brother Jack transforms a life size mannequin into a brand new mum for him to talk to. Jack's obsession leads to both comic misunderstandings and bitter antagonism as the pair battle through grief, anger and denial.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Asylum (2005)
A woman becomes very curious about one of her psychiatrist husband's inmates, a man who was found guilty in the murder and disfigurement of his former wife.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSpike Island (2012)
Teenage musicians travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLondon to Brighton (2006)
After a violent confrontation leaves a wealthy man bleeding to death, two distressed women seek refuge in a rundown London bathroom, setting off a desperate hunt as both the victim's seeking son and a ruthless pimp race to track them down.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHuman Traffic (1999)
For Jip, Lulu, Koop, Nina, and Moff, the dead-end jobs they endure during the week just kill the time until Friday night. That's when they cut very loose and get on the rollercoaster ride that takes them right through to Monday morning.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKilling Bono (2011)
The true story of Neil and Ivan McCormick, two Irish brothers who attempt to become rock stars but can only look on as their high school friends U2 become the biggest band in the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDead Man's Shoes (2004)
A soldier returns to his small town and exacts a deadly revenge on the thugs who tormented his disabled brother while he was away.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHow I Live Now (2013)
An American girl, sent to the English countryside to stay with relatives, finds love and purpose while fighting for her survival as war envelops the world around her.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoot Camp (2008)
A group of troubled teens are sent to a rehabilitation program housed in a remote camp on the island of Fiji. What their parents believe is a state-of-the-art deluxe institution in a beautiful natural environment turns out to be a prison-like boot camp where they are abused and brainwashed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisNina Forever (2016)
Rob is grief-stricken following the death of his girlfriend Nina, but after a failed suicide attempt he begins to move on from the tragedy and falls for his colleague Holly. Holly loves Rob and tries to help him through his grief – even if it means contending with Nina, who comes back from the dead, bloody and broken, every time they make love.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisKill for Me (2013)
Rent’s a bitch. And that is why, six months after her best friend went missing, Amanda finally gives in to getting another roommate, Hailey. The two college students turn out to have something in common, however: abusive men. For Hailey, it’s her dad. For Amanda, it’s a stalkery ex-boyfriend. But problems can be solved and, you know, you scratch my back, I scratch yours. In other words, Kill for Me, I kill for you.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & thriller
SnoozefestMovies like thisWhite Bird in a Blizzard (2014)
In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShifty (2008)
Shifty, a young crack cocaine dealer in London, sees his life quickly spiral out of control when his best friend returns home. Stalked by a customer desperate to score at all costs, and with his family about to turn their back on him for good, Shifty must out-run and out-smart a rival drug dealer, intent on setting him up for a big fall.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller
Broken (2012)
Three suburban English families' lives intertwine with tragic consequences.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisI Want You (1998)
A young boy and his sister are drawn into one man's obsessive pursuit of his former lover.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMarfa Girl (2012)
A disaffected Texas teen spends his 16th birthday getting high, hanging out and having casual sex.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisUs and Them (2017)
Working class Danny aims to kick start a revolution by turning the tables on the establishment with a deadly game of chance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both thriller & drama
Dot the I (2003)
A fiery Spanish woman is about to marry a kind British man when she meets a Brazilian actor who ignites in her a flame of lust she can't ignore.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both romance & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLeave Her to Heaven (1945)
A socialite marries a prominent novelist, which spurs a violent, obsessive, and dangerous jealousy in her.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama & thriller
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Cherrybomb?
The closest matches to Cherrybomb are Summer Night (2019), Groove (2000) and Submarine (2011). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Cherrybomb?
People who watched Cherrybomb most often go on to Summer Night (2019), Groove (2000) and Submarine (2011).
What is the highest-rated movie like Cherrybomb?
Leave Her to Heaven (1945), rated 7.5/10 by 298 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Cherrybomb?
Our Ladies (2019) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Cherrybomb?
Yes: Summer Night (2019), Groove (2000) and Submarine (2011).
How are movies similar to Cherrybomb chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Cherrybomb, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.