15 Movies Like Beautiful Beings

Loved Beautiful Beings? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.

Mammal
#1

Mammal

After Margaret, a divorcée living in Dublin, loses her teenage son, she develops an unorthodox relationship with Joe, a homeless youth. Their tentative trust is threatened by his involvement with a violent gang and the escalation of her ex-husband's grieving rage.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Natural Born Killers
#2

Natural Born Killers

Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Palmer
#3

Palmer

After 12 years in prison, former high school football star Eddie Palmer returns home to put his life back together—and forms an unlikely bond with Sam, an outcast boy from a troubled home. But Eddie's past threatens to ruin his new life and family.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Mysterious Skin
#4

Mysterious Skin

A teenage hustler and a young man obsessed with alien abductions cross paths, together discovering a horrible, liberating truth.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Hard Candy
#5

Hard Candy

Hayley’s a smart, charming teenage girl. Jeff’s a handsome, smooth fashion photographer. An Internet chat, a coffee shop meet-up, an impromptu fashion shoot back at Jeff’s place. Jeff thinks it’s his lucky night. He’s in for a surprise.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Bully
#6

Bully

A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Anna
#7

Anna

A man with the ability to enter peoples' memories takes on the case of a brilliant, troubled sixteen-year-old girl to determine whether she is a sociopath or a victim of trauma.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Solitude
#8

Solitude

An aged farmer moves to the urban city for the first time in his life. He befriends a paper delivery boy in the neighborhood and their connection changes the course of both their lives and the boy's family.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Beautiful Beings.

Apt Pupil
#9

Apt Pupil

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's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

The Love That Remains
#10

The Love That Remains

Tenderly captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through both playful and heartfelt moments, the film portrays the bittersweet essence of faded love and shared memories amidst the changing seasons.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Beautiful Beings.

Lamb
#11

Lamb

An Icelandic couple live with their herd of sheep on a beautiful but remote farm. When they discover a mysterious newborn on their land, they decide to keep it and raise it as their own. This unexpected development and the prospects of a new family brings them much joy before ultimately destroying them.

💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to Beautiful Beings.

Luckiest Girl Alive
#12

Luckiest Girl Alive

A successful woman in New York City finds her life upended when she is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Starred Up
#13

Starred Up

19-year-old Eric, arrogant and ultra-violent, is prematurely transferred to the same adult prison facility as his estranged father. As his explosive temper quickly finds him enemies in both prison authorities and fellow inmates — and his already volatile relationship with his father is pushed past breaking point — Eric is approached by a volunteer psychotherapist, who runs an anger management group for prisoners. Torn between gang politics, prison corruption, and a glimmer of something better, Eric finds himself in a fight for his own life, unsure if his own father is there to protect him or join in punishing him.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Joe Bell
#14

Joe Bell

The true story of a small town, working class father who embarks on a solo walk across the U.S. to crusade against bullying after his son is tormented in high school for being gay.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.

Boy A
#15

Boy A

Freed after a lengthy term in a juvenile detention center, convicted child killer Jack Burridge finds work as a deliveryman and begins dating co-worker Michelle. While out on the road one day, Jack notices a distressed child, and, after reuniting the girl with her family, becomes a local celebrity. But when a local newspaper unearths his past, Jack must cope with the anger of citizens who fear for the safety of their children.

💡Why it's a match: A highly-rated genre match based on the viewing habits of people who liked Beautiful Beings.