Most Similar Movies to That Was Then... This Is Now (1985)
If you are looking for movies like That Was Then... This Is Now (1985), you might like movies tagged with keyword : teen, coming of age, friendship, brotherhood, rebellion, 1980s, america, street life, crime, drugs, social issues, adolescence, violence, gangs, loyalty, betrayal, love, tragedy, realistic, classic .
Menace II Society (1993), The Outsiders (1983), River's Edge (1986), Bright Angel (1990), Noem My Skollie (2015), Stand by Me (1986), Parinda (1989) ... Let's take a look at the following list...

Menace II Society (1993)
A young street hustler attempts to escape the rigors and temptations of the ghetto in a quest for a better life.
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The Outsiders (1983)
The rivalry between two gangs, the poor Greasers and the rich Socs, only heats up when one gang member kills a member of the other.
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River's Edge (1986)
A high school slacker commits a shocking act and proceeds to let his friends in on the secret. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.
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Bright Angel (1990)
Road-movie from Montana to Wyoming. A gullible, innocent young man (Mulroney) assists a versatile girl (Taylor) on her long quest to get her brother out of jail.
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Noem My Skollie (2015)
A young man becomes a gifted storyteller while serving time in jail.
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Stand by Me (1986)
After the death of one of his friends, a writer recounts a boyhood journey with his friends to find the body of a missing boy.
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Parinda (1989)
A man's friend, a police officer, is assassinated by gangsters in broad daylight. He discovers that his elder brother works in the same gang and decides to avenge his friend's death by infiltrating the gang.
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Sweet Sixteen (2002)
Determined to have a normal family life once his mother gets out of prison, a Scottish teenager from a tough background sets out to raise the money for a home.
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Small Faces (1995)
Three teenage brothers, gang-member Bobby, troubled mama's boy Alan and self-assured prankster Lex, reside in a downtrodden section of Glasgow, Scotland, circa 1968. But while Bobby and Alan are beginning to experience the power of raging hormones, the story focuses on Lex, who begins a downward spiral after he accidentally shoots the leader of Bobby's gang. Lex's coc...Read all
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City of God (2002)
After forming a gang in Rio de Janeiro, a young man and his best friend descend from robbery to drug dealing and murder.
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Kasam Paida Karne Wale Ki (1984)
Aarti lives with her only son Avinash. When Avinash falls in love and decides to get married, she tells him the truth about his father's death.
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The Delinquents (1989)
A small town in Australia, in the late 1950s: Brownie and Lola are deeply in love. But because they are under-age, their parents are against their relationship and try to separate them.
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Tex (1982)
Based on S.E. Hinton's novel about a teenager experiencing the pitfalls of growing up in a parentless environment.
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Once Upon a Time in America (1984)
A former Prohibition-era Jewish gangster returns to the Lower East Side of Manhattan over thirty years later, where he once again must confront the ghosts and regrets of his old life.
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A Bronx Tale (1993)
A father becomes worried when a local gangster befriends his son in the Bronx in the 1960s.
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Boyz n the Hood (1991)
Follows the lives of three young males living in the Crenshaw ghetto of Los Angeles, dissecting questions of race, relationships, violence and future prospects.
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Cidade dos Homens - City of Men (2007)
Best buddies Acerola and Laranjinha, about to turn 18, discover things about their missing fathers' pasts which will shatter their solid friendship, in the middle of a war between rival drug gangs from Rio's favelas.
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Paid in Full (2002)
A young man from Harlem, forced to cope with the 1980s drug scene, builds an illegal empire, only to have a crisis of conscience.
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