Movies like The Spectacular Now
The Spectacular Now (2013) is a comedy movie directed by James Ponsoldt. The list below collects the movies that people who loved it enjoyed most, best known first.
1. American Pie (1999)
★ 6.7 · 8,732 votes · Comedy, Romance
At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all "score" by their senior prom.
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2. Easy A (2010)
★ 6.8 · 7,589 votes · Comedy
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.
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3. Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
★ 7.1 · 4,963 votes · Romance, Drama
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.
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4. The DUFF (2015)
★ 6.8 · 4,522 votes · Romance, Comedy
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.
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5. The Kissing Booth (2018)
★ 7.2 · 7,527 votes · Romance, Comedy
When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend.
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6. Lady Bird (2017)
★ 7.2 · 9,223 votes · Drama, Comedy
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
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7. Mean Girls (2004)
★ 7.2 · 9,733 votes · Drama, Comedy
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
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8. The Breakfast Club (1985)
★ 7.7 · 8,778 votes · Comedy, Drama
Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.
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9. After (2019)
★ 7.1 · 8,581 votes · Drama, Romance
Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious and brooding rebel who makes her question all she thought she knew about herself -- and what she wants out of life.
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10. It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
★ 6.9 · 2,528 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
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11. Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
★ 6.5 · 844 votes · Comedy, Drama, Family
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.
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12. Love, Simon (2018)
★ 8.0 · 6,358 votes · Comedy, Drama, Romance
Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.
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13. The First Time (2012)
★ 7.0 · 2,185 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
A spark of attraction smolders, then ignites, between two teens from different high schools who meet by chance at a party.
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14. Love, Rosie (2014)
★ 7.8 · 6,601 votes · Romance, Drama, Comedy
Since the moment they met at age 5, Rosie and Alex have been best friends, facing the highs and lows of growing up side by side. A fleeting shared moment, one missed opportunity, and the decisions that follow send their lives in completely different directions. As each navigates the complexities of life, love, and everything in between, they always find their way back to each other - but is it just friendship, or something more?
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15. The Best of Me (2014)
★ 7.5 · 2,762 votes · Drama, Romance
A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.
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16. Submarine (2011)
★ 7.4 · 1,653 votes · Drama, Comedy, Romance
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.
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17. Moxie (2021)
★ 7.2 · 877 votes · Comedy, Drama, Music
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
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