
Movies that feel like Booksmart (2019)
If you loved Booksmart, the closest films we have are Eighth Grade (2018), The Spectacular Now (2013) and Superbad (2007). All three share Booksmart's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 9 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Apple TV and others, checked against today's data.
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If Booksmart hit the spot, these will too

The same two preoccupations: growing up, and generation z
The difference: Leans harder into drama than Booksmart does

Two things both keep coming back to: high school student and teenager

Common ground in both: high school and buddy

One thread runs through both: buddy
The difference: Critics were much harder on this one

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

Witty and playful in the same breath


Common ground: high school

Both are built on the same subject: lgbt

Comedy built on wit, twice over
The difference: None of the wistfulness Booksmart is built on

Playful comedy, and it commits to that
The difference: Made in the 1980s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: lgbt
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