Movies like Kids: 20 to watch next

If you loved Kids (1995) — a drama and crime film directed by Larry Clark — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Kids most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like puberty, first time and new york city. 3 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
The Basketball Diaries 1995★ 7.4
Shares: Drama, Crime
A high school basketball player’s life turns upside down after free-falling into the harrowing world of drug addiction.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
Where the Day Takes You 1992★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Crime
King is a young man, but he's already a veteran of life on the streets of Los Angeles. The de facto leader of a group of teenage runaways, King acts as a mentor to troubled kids such as gay hustler Little J and junkie Greg. When Heather, a beautiful girl from Chicago, starts hanging out with King and his crew, it changes the dynamic of the gang. However, it seems as though nothing will alter their dangerous lifestyle.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Bully 2001★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Drama
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.
Stream in India on Movie Sphere+
4
Light Sleeper 1992★ 6.7
Shares: Drama, Crime
John LeTour is a recovering drug user who suffers insomnia and still deals to a high-end New York clientele, even though he’s trying to move on from the business. John’s professional midlife crisis becomes something more acute — and dangerous — when he re-encounters an old flame while a string of seemingly drug-related murders rocks the city.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
L.I.E. 2001★ 6.8
Shares: Drama, Crime
With his mother dead and his father busy at work, Howie feels adrift in his New York suburb. He and his friend Gary spend their time burglarizing their neighbors' homes — until they make the mistake of robbing the house of Big John, a macho former Marine who is also an unrepentant pedophile. He propositions Howie, who declines, but the two eventually develop an unlikely and dangerous friendship.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
Shaft 1971★ 6.4
Shares: Crime, Drama
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Heaven Knows What 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Drama
A young heroin addict roams the streets of New York to panhandle and get her next fix, while her unstable boyfriend drifts in and out of her life at random.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
Thirteen 2003★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins to take a heavy toll on her and her family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
The Poker House 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
Agnes and her two sisters struggle through a day in a home overrun by gamblers, thieves, and johns.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
10
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things 2004★ 5.8
Shares: Drama
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Beautiful Boy 2018★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
After he and his first wife separate, journalist David Sheff struggles to help their teenage son, who goes from experimenting with drugs to becoming devastatingly addicted to methamphetamine.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
12
Over the Edge 1979★ 7.1
Shares: Crime, Drama
A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
25th Hour 2002★ 7.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
On the eve of a seven-year prison sentence, a New York drug dealer spends his final day of freedom confronting his past, his relationships, and the choices that led to his downfall in a city still reeling from 9/11.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Out of the Blue 1981★ 7.0
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
15
Ill Manors 2012★ 6.3
Shares: Crime, Drama
Ensemble film revolving around characters living in Forest Gate, London. Over the course of a few days, six inter-linking stories explore issues of drug use, prostitution and urban poverty.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
Welcome to the Rileys 2010★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Years after their teenage daughter’s death, Lois and Doug Riley, an upstanding Indiana couple, are frozen by estranging grief. Doug escapes to New Orleans on a business trip. Compelled by urgencies he doesn’t understand, he insinuates himself into the life of an underage hooker, becoming her platonic guardian.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Hot Summer Nights 2018★ 6.6
Shares: Drama, Crime
In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his head.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
The Crush 1993★ 6.7
Shares: Drama
A precocious and obsessive teenager develops a crush on a naive writer with harrowing consequences.
Stream in India on Netflix
19
The Nines 2007★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A troubled actor, a television show runner, and an acclaimed videogame designer find their lives intertwining in mysterious and unsettling ways.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
20
Adulthood 2008★ 6.2
Shares: Crime, Drama
After serving six years for killing his schoolmate, a young man learns that someone is out for revenge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now