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Movies like Psychedelica Blues (1969)

The best movies like Psychedelica Blues (1969) are Easy Rider (1969), Lady Driver (2020) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955). If Psychedelica Blues hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Easy Rider (1969)

    Wyatt and Billy, two Harley-riding hippies, complete a drug deal in Southern California and decide to travel cross-country in search of spiritual truth.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  2. Lady Driver (2020)

    When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  3. Rebel Without a Cause (1955)

    After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a disturbed classmate, Plato, and falls for local girl Judy. However, Judy is the girlfriend of neighborhood tough, Buzz. When Buzz violently confronts Jim and challenges him to a drag race, the new kid's real troubles begin.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  4. The Principal (1987)

    Burglary. Drugs. Assault. Rape. The students at Brandel High are more than new Principal Rick Latimer bargained for. Gangs fight to control the school using knives - even guns - when they have to. When Latimer and the head of security try to clean up the school and stop the narcotics trade, they run up against a teenage mafia. A violent confrontation on the campus leads to a deadly showdown with the drug dealer's gang, and one last chance for Latimer to save his career... and his life.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  5. Hounddog (2008)

    A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  6. The Giver (2014)

    In a seemingly perfect community, without war, pain, suffering, differences or choice, a young boy is chosen to learn from an elderly man about the true pain and pleasure of the "real" world.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  7. The Girl in the Book (2015)

    The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  8. El Chicano (2019)

    A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  9. Eleanor the Great (2025)

    94-year-old Eleanor Morgenstein tries to rebuild her life after the death of her best friend. As a result, she moves back to New York City after living in Florida for decades.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  10. The Unforgivable (2021)

    A woman is released from prison after serving a sentence for a violent crime and re-enters a society that refuses to forgive her past.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  11. Imperial Dreams (2014)

    A 21-year-old reformed gangster's devotion to his family and his future is put to the test when he is released from prison and returns to his old stomping grounds in Watts, Los Angeles.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  12. The Zero Theorem (2013)

    A computer hacker's goal to discover the reason for human existence continually finds his work interrupted thanks to the Management; this time, they send a teenager and lusty love interest to distract him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  13. The Young One (1960)

    A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  14. Holy Lands (2019)

    When lapsed Jew and former cardiologist Harry suddenly decides to spend his retirement as a pig farmer in Nazareth, Israel, the move deeply shocks his family and his new neighbours. Back in New York, Harry’s ex-wife Monica is trying to manage the lives of their adult children, Annabelle and David, as well as her own.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  15. Hellion (2014)

    When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father must finally take responsibility for their actions and each other in order to bring Wes home.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  16. Road to Paloma (2014)

    While Native American Wolf is being pursued by the FBI for having taken the law into his own hands, when his mother was raped and killed on their reservation he crosses paths with Cash, a down and out musician who is coping with the end of his marriage. An unlikely friendship develops, as they ride together towards the Teton mountain range, where Wolf will spread his mothers ashes.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  17. Embattled (2020)

    The eldest son of a ruthlessly tough MMA champion must fight his way out of the abusive cycle his father has continued.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  18. The Trials of Cate McCall (2013)

    In order to be reinstated to the bar and recover custody of her daughter, a hotshot lawyer, now in recovery and on probation, must take on the appeal of a woman wrongfully convicted of murder.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  19. Out of the Blue (1981)

    A young girl whose father is an ex-convict and whose mother is a junkie finds it difficult to conform and tries to find comfort in a quirky combination of Elvis and the punk scene.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  20. The Truth About Emanuel (2013)

    A troubled young woman becomes obsessed with her mysterious new neighbor, who bears a striking resemblance to the girl's dead mother.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama

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  21. My Diary of Lies (2023)

    After making the cheer squad at her new school, Natalie becomes public enemy number one after she's framed for murder.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  22. Pusher (1996)

    A drug pusher grows increasingly desperate after a botched deal leaves him with a large debt to a ruthless drug lord.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  23. 54 (1998)

    When the mastermind behind New York's infamous Studio 54 disco plucks young Shane from the sea of faces clamoring to get inside his club, he not only gets his foot in the door, but lands a coveted job behind the bar — and a front-row ticket to the most legendary party on the planet!

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  24. Die Klasse von '99 - Schule war gestern, Leben ist jetzt (2003)

    The story of a group of contemporary young people, growing up in well-to-do small-town

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  25. Fortune of Chance (2023)

    After a long night out two lonely people awake in unfamiliar places on opposite ends of the same city. Their eventual meeting in a city park can only be described as good fortune.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  26. El invierno en Lisboa (1991)

    Jim is the drummer for the great black musician Billy Swann. With him, he plays in a club called San Sebastián, owned by his friend Floro, every summer.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  27. Kundera avait raison (2025)

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  28. Protozoa (1993)

    Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hell out of a cracked guitar. We quickly realize the emptiness of the dump parallels the emptiness of Dave’s life which consists of smoking weed, staring at television screens and watching school children. Dave’s friend Pete is shortly introduced, along with their friend, Ari, who despite calling her pals losers, doesn’t seem to accomplishing much herself. These three are going nowhere fast. They’re the amoebas of life… protozoa….

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  29. Side Effects (2005)

    America! Built on a better pill. Karly Hert has spent the last ten years selling drugs. Legally, that is. Karly is a pharmaceutical sales representative. She sells pills to doctors. She makes lots of money. She has a company car. She has a nice fat expense account. But there's a growing pit in Karly's stomach. Something isn't right behind the scenes at big pharma. Based on the director's decade working directly for the industry.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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  30. Julia (2008)

    An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both drama

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Psychedelica Blues?

The closest matches to Psychedelica Blues are Easy Rider (1969), Lady Driver (2020) and Rebel Without a Cause (1955). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Psychedelica Blues?

Start with Easy Rider (1969), the closest match to Psychedelica Blues.

What is the highest-rated movie like Psychedelica Blues?

Rebel Without a Cause (1955), rated 7.5/10 by 1,854 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Psychedelica Blues?

Eleanor the Great (2025) is the most recent release on this list.

How are movies similar to Psychedelica Blues chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Psychedelica Blues, 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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