Movies like Mean Creek: 20 to watch next
If you loved Mean Creek (2004) — a crime and drama film directed by Jacob Aaron Estes — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Mean Creek most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like suicide, lake and alcohol. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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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+
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Drugstore Cowboy 1989★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Crime
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skillfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Elephant 2003★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Hellion 2014★ 5.9
Shares: Drama
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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
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Kids 1995★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Crime
A group of bored, disaffected New York City teenagers spend a day skating, smoking, drinking, partying, deflowering virgins, and getting into fights.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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
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The Glass House 2001★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
When Ruby and Rhett's parents are killed in a car accident, their carefree teenage lives are suddenly shattered. Moving to an incredible house in Malibu with the Glasses', old friends of the family, seems to be the beginning of a new life for them.
Stream in India on Netflix, Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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Saving Zoë 2019★ 6.2
Shares: Drama
A year after the murder of her sister Zoë, Echo is determined to uncover the truth. With Zoë's diary as her guide, Echo finds herself pulled into the darkness of her sister's secret life and she uncovers how one small decision can lead to tragic consequences.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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In Cold Blood 1967★ 7.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Beast 2018★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a series of brutal murders.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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
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The Game 1997★ 7.6
Shares: Drama
In honor of his birthday, San Francisco banker Nicholas Van Orton, a financial genius and a cold-hearted loner, receives an unusual present from his younger brother, Conrad: a gift certificate to play a unique kind of game. In nary a nanosecond, Nicholas finds himself consumed by a dangerous set of ever-changing rules, unable to distinguish where the charade ends and reality begins.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Bygone 2019★ 6.5
Shares: Crime, Drama
When a young rancher crosses paths with a Lakota girl from a nearby reservation, her mysterious disappearance sparks a search that uncovers a harrowing past and hints at a dire future.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Chase 1966★ 7.0
Shares: Crime, Drama
The escape of Bubber Reeves from prison affects the inhabitants of a small Southern town.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gummo 1997★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Teenagers Solomon and Tummler kill time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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
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Joy Ride 2001★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Three young people on a road trip from Colorado to New Jersey talk to a trucker on their CB radio, then must escape when he turns out to be a psychotic killer.
Stream in India on Netflix
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OtherLife 2017★ 6.4
Shares: Crime
Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLife expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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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