20 movies like New Best Friend, ordered by similarity : Almost Adults(2016), C.O.G.(2013), Blue Is the Warmest Color(2013), A Single Man(2009), Transamerica(2005), Thirteen(2003), Saving Face(2004), Death Note(2006), Burning Sands(2017), Aakrosh(2010), The Sweetheart(2018), Boys Don't Cry(1999) ...
Mystery & Thriller, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
2002
91 Minutes
Mia Kirshner Meredith Monroe Dominique Swain Scott Bairstow Rachel True Taye Diggs Glynnis O'Connor Joanna Canton Eric Michael Cole
college student sheriff boyfriend drug dealer father mother cool disturbing hedonistic college campus north carolina bar trailer hospital classroom college life clique drug overdose wealth sex
A North Carolina sheriff investigates the near-fatal drug overdose of an underachieving college girl, and uncovers many sordid details of her life before and during her descent into drugs and debauchery.
Comedy, Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
2016
90 Minutes
Elise Bauman Natasha Negovanlis Winny Clarke Justin Gerhard Delphine Roussel Christina Song David John Phillips Meredith Heinrich Mark Matechuk Daryl Marks Pujaa Pandey
best friend lesbian boyfriend love interest professor family member confident cheeky cool college classroom apartment store party campus college sexual identity lesbianism dating friendship
A film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2013
88 Minutes
Jonathan Groff Denis O'Hare Corey Stoll Dean Stockwell Casey Wilson Troian Bellisario Dale Dickey Louis Hobson Eloy Mendez Sean Ghazi Dana Millican
gay man college dropout young man amusing moving emotional witty united states oregon college apple orchard church sexual awakening sexual identity sexual orientation college faith religion change life lessons
A cocky young man travels to Oregon to work on an apple farm. Out of his element, he finds his lifestyle and notions being picked apart by everyone who crosses his path.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Drama
France|Belgium|Spain
2013
175 Minutes
Léa Seydoux Adèle Exarchopoulos Salim Kechiouche Mona Walravens Jeremie Laheurte Alma Jodorowski Aurélien Recoing Catherine Salée Fanny Maurin Benjamin Siksou Sàndor Funtek
teen girl frenchwoman lesbian boyfriend family member teacher emotional intense fascinating france bar art studio bedroom street car love learning experience sexual awakening lesbianism growing up
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire and to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adèle grows, seeks herself, loses herself, and ultimately finds herself through love and loss.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2009
99 Minutes
Colin Firth Julianne Moore Nicholas Hoult Matthew Goode Jon Kortajarena Paulette Lamori Ryan Simpkins Ginnifer Goodwin Teddy Sears Aaron Sanders Lee Pace
professor homosexual lover student friend male prostitute brooding emotional profound cheeky suburb house college beach gas station suicide grief friendship homosexuality teaching
An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.
Gay & Lesbian, Comedy, Drama
USA
2005
103 Minutes
Felicity Huffman Kevin Zegers Fionnula Flanagan Graham Greene Burt Young Elizabeth Peña Bianca Leigh Jon Budinoff Carrie Preston Maurice Orozco
transsexual son rancher mother therapist emotional uplifting positive los angeles new york city prison phoenix car road trip father/son relationship car theft sexual abuse sex change sexual identity transformation
A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.
Drama
USA|UK
2003
100 Minutes
Holly Hunter Evan Rachel Wood Nikki Reed Jeremy Sisto Kip Pardue Sarah Clarke D.W. Moffett Vanessa Hudgens Jenicka Carey Ulysses Estrada
teen girl best friend mother foster mother boyfriend brother disturbing raw los angeles family home school troubled youth peer pressure mother/daughter relationship drugs sexual awakening shoplifting growing up transformation temptation
A thirteen-year-old girl's relationship with her mother is put to the test as she discovers drugs, sex, and petty crime in the company of her cool but troubled best friend.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2004
96 Minutes
Michelle Krusiec Joan Chen Lynn Chen Jessica Hecht Ato Essandoh Nathanel Geng Jin Wang Guang Lan Koh David Shih Brian Yang Brittany Perrineau
mother daughter grandfather lesbian love interest emotional endearing inspiring new york city apartment mother/daughter relationship father/daughter relationship lesbianism secret pregnancy tradition love transformation 2000s
A Chinese-American lesbian and her traditionalist mother are reluctant to go public with secret loves that clash against cultural expectations.
Adventure, Drama, Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Crime
Japan|USA
2006
126 Minutes
Tatsuya Fujiwara Ken'ichi Matsuyama Asaka Seto Erika Toda Shunji Fujimura
detective college student murderer brutal disturbing dark japan college black magic investigation morality murder temptation transformation rivalry 2000s
Picking up where the first one leaves off, Light joins the task force searching for Kira in an effort to avert suspicion from himself---and get rid of L.
Drama
USA
2017
96 Minutes
Trevor Jackson Alfre Woodard Steve Harris Tosin Cole DeRon Horton Trevante Rhodes Serayah Imani Hakim Octavius J. Johnson Rotimi Nafessa Williams
black student college student frat boy college dean professor bleak chilling dark gripping fast food restaurant car apartment college fraternity house oppression fraternity college humiliation escape fall
Deep into Hell Week, a favored pledgee is torn between honoring his code of silence or standing up against the intensifying violence of underground hazing.
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
India
2010
155 Minutes
Ajay Devgn Akshaye Khanna Bipasha Basu Paresh Rawal Reema Sen Amita Pathak
minister student friend police officers gripping intense powerful sad emotional india house college hospital police station murder suicide police work class conflict class distinctions rise
The Central Bureau of Investigation deputes two officers to investigate the disappearance of three medical students, which they believe to be an incident of 'honour killing' in a small, closed community.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2018
100 Minutes
Jessalyn Gilsig Jon Cor Hannah Vandenbygaart Scott Gibson Taveeta Szymanowicz
young woman mother father mother's boyfriend psychopath intense suspenseful thrilling disturbing melodramatic brooding house canada hospital car united states car accident divorce new love false identity
Matthias Le Goff, an Olympic champion, makes a homophobic statement on TV. His punishment: coach the Shiny Shrimps, an amateur gay water-polo team. They have only one thing in mind: to qualify for the Gay Games in Croatia.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama
USA
1999
119 Minutes
Hilary Swank Chloë Sevigny Peter Sarsgaard Brendan Sexton III Alison Folland Alicia Goranson Matt McGrath Rob Campbell Jeannetta Arnette
transsexual love interest friend criminal bleak emotional lincoln, neb. falls city, neb. bar apartment gender identity troubled youth violence growing up transformation forbidden love fall 1990s
A young man named Brandon Teena navigates love, life, and being transgender in rural Nebraska.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2017
97 Minutes
Harris Dickinson Madeline Weinstein Kate Hodge Nicole Flyus Anton Selyaninov Frank Hakaj David Ivanov Harrison Sheehan Erik Potempa Neal Huff
teenager dying person father mother friend lover dreamy emotional moving intense brooklyn beach house street teenage rebellion teen romance death of father sex relationships summer love
A Brooklyn teenager spends his days experimenting with drugs and looking online for older men to meet with.
Mystery & Thriller, Sci-Fi, Drama
USA
2018
100 Minutes
Gugu Mbatha-Raw Lorraine Toussaint Saniyya Sidney David Strathairn Christopher Denham Hannah Kauffmann Avery Akerson Levi Dylan Monique Straw Ramona King Richard L. Olsen
mother daughter grandmother cop sheriff scientist bleak brooding dreamy somber spirited desert cottage car small town family home on the run super powers apocalypse energy field
After years in hiding, a woman is forced to go on the run when her superhuman abilities are discovered. Years after having abandoned her family, the only place she has left to hide is home.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Canada
1995
94 Minutes
Pascale Bussières Rachael Crawford Henry Czerny David Fox Tracy Wright Don McKellar Clare Coulter Karyne Steben Sarah Steben
professor circus performer fiancée dean lover dog passionate emotional dreamy profound college classroom circus trailer toronto laundromat lesbianism existential crisis sexual identity tragic death
An uptight and conservative woman, working on tenure as a literacy professor at a large urban university, finds herself strangely attracted to a free-spirited, liberal woman who works at a local carnival that comes to town.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2016
111 Minutes
Mahershala Ali Shariff Earp Alex Hibbert Ashton Sanders Trevante Rhodes Janelle Monáe Naomie Harris Jaden Piner Jharrel Jerome Andre Holland Edson Jean
young man gay man african-american mother father lover brooding emotional intense miami beach house street car school growing up homosexuality acceptance love trust
A young African-American man grapples with his identity and sexuality while experiencing the everyday struggles of childhood, adolescence, and burgeoning adulthood.
Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France
2017
94 Minutes
Denis Menochet Léa Drucker Thomas Gioria Mathilde Auneveux Mathieu Saïkaly Florence Janas Saadia Bentaïeb Sophie Pincemaille Émilie Incerti-Formentini Jérome Care-Aulanier Coralie Russier
divorce divorce lawyer son mother father family member emotional intense tense disheartening office party bus house car apartment custody battle divorce family feud growing up
A broken marriage leads to a bitter custody battle with an embattled son at the centre.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2011
86 Minutes
Adepero Oduye Pernell Walker Aasha Davis Charles Parnell Sahra Mellesse Kim Wayans Shamika Cotton Ray Anthony Thomas
lesbian sister mother colleague police detective english teacher intense powerful moving brooklyn, n.y. strip club lesbian bar family home classroom fort greene, brooklyn sexual identity family homophobia teen angst african-americans
A Brooklyn teenager juggles conflicting identities and risks friendship, heartbreak, and family in a desperate search for sexual expression.
Drama
USA
2006
94 Minutes
Justin Lo Booboo Stewart Nick Bartzen Barry Shay Nancy Hancock Katelyn Ann Clark Dorian Frankel Lauren Xerxes Bruce Blauer
teenager mother father brother stranger gay man bleak heartwarming moving college elementary school car house fort death of mother responsibility family brother relationship homosexuality father/son relationship
Charlie Conrad is ready for college, but the sudden death of his mother and his long-absent father leave him saddled with the adult responsibility of raising his 9-year-old brother.
Gay & Lesbian, Drama
USA
2018
94 Minutes
Raúl Castillo Sheila Vand Evan Rosado Isaiah Kristian Josiah Gabriel Michael Pemberton Amelia Campbell Giovanni Pacciarelli
brother mother father boy friend bleak brash emotional endearing moving house woods lake park upstate new york family dysfunction family relationships brother relationship growing up escape
Manny, Joel, and Jonah tear their way through childhood and push against the volatile love of their parents. As Manny and Joel grow into versions of their father and Ma dreams of escape, Jonah embraces an imagined world all on his own.