
Movies that feel like10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
If you loved 10 Things I Hate About You, the closest films we have are Show Me Love (1998), It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) and Love, Simon (2018). All three share 10 Things I Hate About You's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Summer's Tale (1996).
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If 10 Things I Hate About You hit the spot, these will too

Small-town teenage longing finds its way toward an unlikely, tender connection
The difference: A quiet Swedish coming-out story, not a Shakespeare-inspired high-school scheme

A wry, tender voice carries someone through a genuinely rough patch
The difference: A psychiatric-ward drama, not a scheming high-school love plot

Hidden feelings finally come out amid the messy social order of high school
The difference: A closeted teen's coming-out story, not an opposites-attract scheme

Tangled romantic entanglements complicate what should be simple feelings
The difference: A talky French summer romance, not a teen comedy with a matchmaking scheme

Sharp teenage wit masks real vulnerability underneath the wisecracks
The difference: A pregnancy dramedy, not a class-clash high-school romance

An awkward, guarded person finds unexpected romance despite the odds
The difference: An anxious adult character study, not a spirited teen ensemble comedy

An unexpected romance nudges someone toward growing up a little
The difference: A quieter alcoholism-tinged drama, not a spirited class-clash comedy

Both keep coming back to the same thing: growing up

First love navigates its way through awkwardness toward something real
The difference: A sprawling 1970s coming-of-age odyssey, not a tight high-school scheme

Teen romance plays out under the watchful, frustrated eyes of parents
The difference: A social-media-era ensemble drama, not a single scheming courtship

An unlikely high-school romance deepens into something more serious than expected
The difference: A tearjerker terminal-illness plot, not a witty class-clash comedy

Both are built on the same subject: growing up
The difference: Made in the 2010s, in a different era of the craft
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