Girlhood
Why this pick
Like Cuties, it follows a young girl testing belonging, femininity, and peer-group rules, with an empathetic, unsensational eye for the pressures shaping her choices.
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Why this pick
Like Cuties, it follows a young girl testing belonging, femininity, and peer-group rules, with an empathetic, unsensational eye for the pressures shaping her choices.
Why this pick
This sunlit, idiosyncratic coming-of-age story similarly centers a girl caught between a demanding family world and the alluring possibilities of performance and independence.
Why this pick
For Cuties’ interest in female social rituals and unspoken tension, this formally distinctive chamber drama finds unease, rivalry, and tenderness in everyday interactions among women and girls.
Why this pick
It shares Cuties’ French suburban setting, fierce female bonds, and charged portrayal of young women pushing against restrictive expectations, though with a harsher and more volatile tone.
Why this pick
A delicate, child-centered film whose patient naturalism and refusal to simplify a young girl’s conflicting feelings make it a strong match for Cuties’ emotional honesty.
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01 / THE STORY
Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named "the cuties" at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity - upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
Amy
Angelica
Coumba

Mariam
Jess
Yasmine
Ismael
La tante