Movies like Young Hunter (2020)
The best movies like Young Hunter (2020) are Teenage Kicks (2016), Leo's Room (2010) and Shed My Skin (2016). If Young Hunter hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedBoys (2018)6.8/10 from 280 votes
- NewestPunch (2022)Released 2022
- In SpanishLeo's Room (2010)Also in Spanish
Teenage Kicks (2016)
Miklós is at the age when everything feels high-stakes. He is coming to terms with his own sexuality, and when his best friend Dan reveals that he has a new girlfriend, this puts an end to their plans to run away together.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Leo'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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShed My Skin (2016)
The adolescent Milan discovers his own suspected homosexuality at the age of 17, and the consequences for him and his family, but also the liberation as he understands why he has been so down and rebellious.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Sublime (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
Worth the HypeMovies like thisBroken (2018)
When it becomes clear to a gay man that his disability has ruined his sex life with his boyfriend, he grapples with how the relationship can continue.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Snails in the Rain (2013)
Tel Aviv, Summer 1989. Boaz, a beautiful and alluring linguistics student, receives anonymous, male written love letters, that undermine his sexual identity and interfere on his peaceful life with his beloved girlfriend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisLand of Storms (2014)
Szabolcs plays in a German football team, as does Bernard. They are roommates, best friends, inseparable. A lost match makes him reconsider his life and he goes back to Hungary in hope for more simplicity. Yet his solitude does not last long. Soon after his arrival he meets Áron and a mutual attraction between the two boys develops when suddenly Szabolcs receives an unexpected phone call from Bernard: he has arrived to Hungary...
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAbsent (2011)
Martín, a young student, gets injured during a swimming class. Sebastián, the PE teacher, takes him to the hospital. When they leave, he offers to drive him home, but Martín is planning to spend the night at a classmate's house, since there is no one at his own home.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisPlan B (2010)
After his girlfriend Laura leaves him for another man, Bruno plans to come between the new lovers. But his plan takes an unexpected turn, causing Bruno to question his own sexuality.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisScrewed (2018)
Seventeen-year-olds Miku and Elias find themselves, and each other, during a summer in the Finnish countryside.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMario (2018)
Mario is a promising young footballer in Switzerland on his way to the top, closing in on the success he and his father always dreamed of. But when the talented striker Leon joins the team, they'll get caught up between the politics of the game and the politics of love, as rumours and prejudice threaten their careers and everything they've managed to build.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisSauvage (2018)
Léo, a 22-year-old homeless sex worker searches for genuine love on the streets of Strasbourg.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSexual Tension: Volatile (2012)
A pulsating, thrill ride that weaves six scintillating experiences of men in various forms of male bonding, Sexual Tension: Volatile will leave you wanting more! A young man feels the adrenaline rush of his sexy tattooist’s needle in ‘Ari’ while in ‘The Cousin,’ a cute boy has a taboo attraction for a family member. Two ‘straight’ buddies literally show, each other, how to make love to a woman in ‘The Other One,’ while a man with ‘Broken Arms’ receives a sensual sponge bath from a male nurse. ‘Love’ is questionable when a broken shower brings a married man and an innkeeper together and in ‘Workout’ two muscular men begin to explore each other chiseled bodies. Voyeuristic pleasures await you as the camera penetrates and caresses the men’s bodies while exploring the mysterious and electrifying nature of male intimacy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTiger Orange (2014)
In the small Central California town where they grew up, two estranged gay brothers struggle to reconnect after the recent death of their father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Pit Stop (2013)
Openly gay Ernesto and closeted Gabe grapple with the sad tribulations of being gay in a small, working-class Texas town
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Dream 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
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFag (2019)
Thomas, a 17-year-old high school student, finds himself attracted to Esteban, another boy from his school. The rumor of Thomas's homosexuality is spreading fast, and he begins to suffer the gaze of others.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Hooked (2017)
Jack an 18-year old hustler and his boyfriend Tom are an item, close and very much in love. Otherwise, Jack is impulsive and explosive with few redeeming qualities. Ken, a married man who hasn't come out of the closet, takes Jack from NYC to Miami with the intention of helping him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Paris 05:59 / Théo & Hugo (2016)
Théo and Hugo meet in a club and form an immediate bond. Once the desire and elation of this first moment has passed, the two young men, now sober, wander through the empty streets of nocturnal Paris, having to confront the love they sense blossoming between them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGetting Go: The Go Doc Project (2013)
Too shy to make a proper introduction, a recent college grad devises to shoot a documentary about the NYC nightlife scene in order to meet the go-go guy he’s cyber-obsessed with.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisPunch (2022)
Seventeen-year old Jim is a small-town boxing hero who carries the hopes and dreams of his father Stan on his shoulders. His growing relationship with local takatāpui Māori boy, Whetu, forces him to confront the truth about his sexuality, and choose his own future.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisJitters (2010)
An unexpected first kiss causes Gabriel to feel the electrifying "jitters" of love and lust with the free-spirited Marcus; a perfect way to end a Summer studying abroad. Realizing he is gay, Gabriel returns home and is immediately scrutinized by his family and friends who notice he’s different. But as the school year launches with Gabriel distracted with parties and his friends’ own dramas, Marcus returns, reigniting the hot, thrilling emotions of one’s first crush. Jitters fires head-first into the topsy-turvy world of first love with an attractive cast and pulsating soundtrack, making it a smartly refreshing journey into the queer, teen experience.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMemories of a Teenager (2019)
After the suicide of his best friend and the fire of a local dance called Cromañón, including recitals, illegal parties in an abandoned warehouse and high school, a year passes by in the life of Zabo who writes everything he feels and lives in his blog, "Memories of a teenager".
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisStarcrossed (2005)
Two brothers develop a sexual attraction to one another amid the unkind world around them.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Brother the Devil (2012)
Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older brother, Rashid, a charismatic, well-respected member of a local gang, whose drug dealing enables “Rash” to provide for his family. Aching to be seen as a tough guy himself, Mo takes a job that unlocks a fateful turn of events and forces the brothers to confront their inner demons. It turns out that hate is easy. It is love and understanding that take real courage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrom Afar (2015)
Armando, a 50 year man, seeks young men in Caracas and pays them just for company. One day he meets Elder, a 17 years boy that is the leader of a criminal gang, and that meeting changes their lives forever.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBecause of a Boy (2002)
When Vincent finds himself a victim of outing in his high school, he must accept to live with the drastic changes it provokes, and redefine his relationships with his friends and family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like this15 Years (2019)
Yoav's demons start haunting him after his best friend becomes pregnant, without telling him, and after his boyfriend of 15 years starts talking about children, too. His life unravels, and self-destruction seems inevitable.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Elliot Loves (2012)
Two stages of a Dominican-American's life; first as a boy trying to bond with his young mother, then a 21-year-old looking for love in New York City.
Why it matches: Fans watch both
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Young Hunter?
The closest matches to Young Hunter are Teenage Kicks (2016), Leo's Room (2010) and Shed My Skin (2016). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Young Hunter?
People who watched Young Hunter most often go on to Teenage Kicks (2016), Leo's Room (2010) and Shed My Skin (2016).
What is the highest-rated movie like Young Hunter?
Boys (2018), rated 6.8/10 by 280 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Young Hunter?
Punch (2022) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there Spanish movies like Young Hunter?
Yes: Leo's Room (2010), Sublime (2022) and Absent (2011).
How are movies similar to Young Hunter chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Young Hunter, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.