Movies like 8 Mile
By the KyaDekhu team · Updated · Availability for India from JustWatch, ratings from IMDb
6 movies that share 8 Mile's mature feel, all streaming in India. Languages: English (5), Thai (1). Available on Prime Video, JioHotstar, Netflix. Picked by taste similarity and what 8 Mile fans also watched.
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1. The Smashing Machine (2025)
Movie · English · 2h 3m · A · Drama, History · IMDb 6.3 (78.7K votes)
MatureDark & grittyVisually stunningSerious
In the late 1990s, up-and-coming mixed martial artist Mark Kerr aspires to become the greatest fighter in the world. However, he must also battle his opioid dependence and a volatile relationship with his girlfriend Dawn.
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2. The Normal Heart (2014)
Movie · English · 2h 13m · Drama · IMDb 7.9 (40.2K votes)
MatureDark & grittyStraightforward
The story of the onset of the HIV-AIDS crisis in New York City in the early 1980s, taking an unflinching look at the nation's sexual politics as gay activists and their allies in the medical community fight to expose the truth about the burgeoning epidemic to a city and nation in denial.
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3. Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Movie · English · 2h 27m · Drama, Music · IMDb 7.8 (2.4L votes)
MatureDark & grittyVisually stunning
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels
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4. The Paradise of Thorns (2024)
Movie · Thai · 2h 11m · Drama, Thriller · IMDb 7.5 (1.9K votes)
Mature
When his partner Sek dies, Thongkam loses his property to his late love's eager family and must fight to reclaim the home they built together.
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5. Roxanne Roxanne (2017)
Movie · English · 1h 38m · Drama · IMDb 6.2 (4.0K votes)
StraightforwardMature
The most feared battle emcee in the early 1980s in Queens, New York, was a fierce teenager from the Queensbridge projects. At the age of 14, Roxanne Shanté was well on her way to becoming a hip-hop legend, as she hustled to provide for her family while defending herself from the dangers of the street.
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