
Movies that feel likeEighth Grade (2018)
If you loved Eighth Grade, the closest films we have are The Squid and the Whale (2005), Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015) and Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). All three share Eighth Grade'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 Breaking Away (1979).
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If Eighth Grade hit the spot, these will too

Both are built on the same subject: growing up

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

One thread runs through both: teenage girl
The difference: Made in the 1990s, in a different era of the craft

Both keep coming back to the same thing: generation z
The difference: Easier on the stillness than Eighth Grade


Contemplative and wistful in the same breath

Both lean on wit more than on comedy
The difference: Sits closer to adventure than Eighth Grade does



Contemplative comedy, and it commits to that
The difference: Leans harder into music than Eighth Grade does

Wistful drama in both cases
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Drama with a pulse of stillness, in both cases
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