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Movies that feel likeAmerican Pie (1999)

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.

If you loved American Pie, the closest films we have are Clueless (1995), Gregory's Girl (1980) and 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). All three share American Pie'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 Slums of Beverly Hills (1998).

🍅 62% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Paul Weitzwittyplayfulromanticwistful
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: American Pie 2 (2001) · American Wedding (2003) · American Reunion (2012)

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Clueless
1995 · dir. Amy Heckerling
★ 6.9comedy · romanceParamount+Starz

A confident scheme to engineer romance backfires in charmingly messy ways

The difference: A Beverly Hills matchmaking plot, not a virginity-loss pact

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular than she is, Cher realizes that her disapproving ex-stepbrother was right about how misguided she was -- and falls for him.

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Gregory's Girl
1980 · dir. Bill Forsyth
🍅 95%★ 7.1comedy · romance

An awkward teen chases a crush with more heart than actual game

The difference: A gentle Scottish first-love story, not a raunchy virginity-loss pact

A teenager falls hard for the female soccer player who has replaced him on the team and attempts to pursue her.

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10 Things I Hate About You
1999 · dir. Gil Junger
🍅 72%★ 7.4comedy · romance · dramaDisney+

A high-school scheme to land a date spins into real, awkward romance

The difference: A Shakespeare-inspired rom-com, not a raunchy friend-group pact

On the first day at his new school, Cameron instantly falls for Bianca, the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely un-dateable older sister Kat goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles out the only guy who could possibly be a match for Kat: a mysterious bad boy with a nasty reputation of his own.

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The Spectacular Now
2013 · dir. James Ponsoldt
🍅 92%★ 7comedy · drama · romanceMax

An unlikely teen romance blooms while bigger life questions loom ahead

The difference: A quieter alcoholism-tinged drama, not a raucous group sex comedy

Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected romance blossoms between them.

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Show Me Love
1998 · dir. Lukas Moodysson
🍅 93%★ 7.5comedy · romance · drama

Small-town teenage longing pushes someone toward a first real connection

The difference: A quiet lesbian coming-out story, not a broad ensemble sex comedy

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

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A Summer's Tale
1996 · dir. Éric Rohmer
🍅 98%★ 7.6romance · drama · comedyMax

A summer of tangled crushes tests what someone actually wants from love

The difference: A talky French romance, not a raunchy American prom-night pact

Awaiting his girlfriend Léna’s arrival at the Breton seaside resort of Dinard, Gaspard befriends — and flirts heavily with — two other women, the companionable ethnology student Margot and the sensual townie Solène, making for a rather complicated situation when Léna finally arrives.

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Little Fockers
2010 · dir. Paul Weitz
🍅 9%★ 5.5comedy · romanceMax

The same director's farcical family comedy leans just as hard into cringe

The difference: Grown-up in-law warfare, not a high-school pact before prom

It has taken 10 years, two little Fockers with wife Pam and countless hurdles for Greg to finally get in with his tightly wound father-in-law, Jack. After the cash-strapped dad takes a job moonlighting for a drug company, Jack's suspicions about his favorite male nurse come roaring back. When Greg and Pam's entire clan descends for the twins' birthday party, Greg must prove to the skeptical Jack that he's fully capable as the man of the house.

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13 Going on 30
2004 · dir. Gary Winick
🍅 65%★ 6.3comedy · fantasy · romanceNetflix

The same mix in both: wit, then play

The difference: Leans harder into fantasy than American Pie does

After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. Thanks to some magic wishing dust, Jenna's prayer has been answered. With a knockout body, a fabulous wardrobe, an athlete boyfriend, a dream job, and superstar friends, this can't be a better life. But soon Jenna realizes that adult life isn’t as easy as she hoped for.

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Slums of Beverly Hills
1998 · dir. Tamara Jenkins
🍅 82%★ 6.7comedy · drama

A teenager fumbles toward first experiences inside a chaotic, loving family

The difference: A scrappy family-poverty comedy, not four friends chasing a shared goal

In 1976, a teenage girl struggles to cope while living with her neurotic lower-middle-class family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.

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Booksmart
2019 · dir. Olivia Wilde
🍅 96%★ 7.1comedyRent or buy

Both are working the same pair: growing up, high school student

The difference: Reviewed even better

Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.

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Superbad
2007 · dir. Greg Mottola
🍅 88%★ 7.6comedyApple TV+Paramount+

One thread runs through both: growing up

The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than American Pie does

Two co-dependent high school seniors are forced to deal with separation anxiety after their plan to stage a booze-soaked party goes awry.

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Punch-Drunk Love
2002 · dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
🍅 79%★ 7.3romance · drama · comedy

Both land romance and wistfulness at once

The difference: Sits closer to drama than American Pie does

A socially awkward and volatile small business owner meets the love of his life after being threatened by a gang of scammers.

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