
Movies that feel like Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
If you loved Where the Crawdads Sing, the closest films we have are 20th Century Girl (2022), The Garden of Words (2013) and Burning Betrayal (2023). All three share Where the Crawdads Sing's contemplative and romantic feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 11 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Hulu and others, checked against today's data.
If Where the Crawdads Sing hit the spot, these will too

Two things both keep coming back to: growing up and first love
The difference: Reviewed even better

The same preoccupation in both: alcoholism
The difference: Missing the twists of Where the Crawdads Sing

Contemplative and twisty in the same breath

One thread runs through both: alcoholism
The difference: Sits closer to comedy than Where the Crawdads Sing does

Both are built on the same subject: growing up

The same mix in both: romance, then tenderness

Drama with a pulse of wistfulness, in both cases

Both keep coming back to the same thing: first love

Contemplative romance in both cases

Both lean on romance more than on mystery

Drama built on tenderness, twice over
The difference: Made in the 2000s, in a different era of the craft

Wistful romance, and it commits to that
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