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Movies that feel like High School Musical 3: Senior Year (2008)

If you loved High School Musical 3: Senior Year, the closest films we have are Easy A (2010), Booksmart (2019) and Monica and Friends: Bonds (2019). All three share High School Musical 3: Senior Year's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality. 7 of the 12 picks below are included with a subscription right now on Netflix, HBO Max and Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

As seniors in high school, Troy and Gabriella struggle with the idea of being separated from one another as college approaches. Along with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical to address their experiences, hopes and fears about their future.

πŸ… 64% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 5 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Kenny Ortegawittyplayfulcontemplativewarmcozywistful
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Looking for the series itself? Also in this series: High School Musical (2006) Β· High School Musical 2 (2007)

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Easy A
2010 Β· dir. Will Gluck
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7comedy

The same two preoccupations: high school, and growing up

The difference: Without the same stillness

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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Booksmart
2019 Β· dir. Olivia Wilde
πŸ… 96%β˜… 7.1comedy

One thread runs through both: 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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Monica and Friends: Bonds
2019 Β· dir. Daniel Rezende
β˜… 7.1family Β· adventure Β· comedy

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

The difference: Not nearly as contemplative

Fluffy, Jimmy Five's pet dog, vanished. He develops an infallible plan to rescue the little dog, but, he will need help from his faithful friends: Monica, Maggy and Smudge. Together, they will face challengers and live incredible adventures to get Fluffy back home.

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Hocus Pocus
1993 Β· dir. Kenny Ortega
πŸ… 42%β˜… 6.9fantasy Β· comedy Β· family

Both are Kenny Ortega's work, and they rhyme

The difference: Lighter on stillness

After 300 years of slumber, three sister witches are accidentally resurrected in Salem on Halloween night, and it is up to three kids and their newfound feline friend to put an end to the witches' reign of terror once and for all.

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Marley & Me
2008 Β· dir. David Frankel
πŸ… 64%β˜… 7comedy Β· family

Witty and playful in the same breath

A newly married couple, in the process of starting a family, learn many of life's important lessons from their trouble-loving retriever, Marley. Packed with plenty of laughs to lighten the load, the film explores the highs and lows of marriage, maturity and confronting one's own mortality, as seen through the lens of family life with a dog.

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Long Way North
2015 Β· dir. RΓ©mi ChayΓ©
πŸ… 98%β˜… 7.2adventure Β· animation Β· drama

Both land stillness and warmth at once

The difference: Played as adventure first

In 1892 Saint Petersburg, when her explorer grandfather's failure to return from his latest expedition brings dishonour to her aristocratic family, a resilient teenager runs away to follow in his trail in search of his famed ship.

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Space Jam: A New Legacy
2021 Β· dir. Malcolm D. Lee
πŸ… 25%β˜… 4.5family Β· comedy Β· adventure

Both keep coming back to the same thing: basketball

When LeBron and his young son Dom are trapped in a digital space by a rogue A.I., LeBron must get them home safe by leading Bugs, Lola Bunny and the whole gang of notoriously undisciplined Looney Tunes to victory over the A.I.'s digitized champions on the court. It's Tunes versus Goons in the highest-stakes challenge of his life.

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Mr. Popper's Penguins
2011 Β· dir. Mark Waters
πŸ… 47%β˜… 6comedy Β· family

Both lean on comfort more than on comedy

Tom Popper is a successful businessman who’s clueless when it comes to the really important things in life...until he inherits six β€œadorable” penguins, each with its own unique personality. Soon Tom’s rambunctious roommates turn his swank New York apartment into a snowy winter wonderland β€” and the rest of his world upside-down.

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The Spectacular Now
2013 Β· dir. James Ponsoldt
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Common ground: high school student

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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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 Β· dir. Stephen Chbosky
πŸ… 85%β˜… 7.9drama

Both are built on the same subject: high school

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.

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Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007 Β· dir. Steve Bendelack
πŸ… 50%β˜… 6.4family Β· comedy

Witty family, and it commits to that

Mr. Bean wins a trip to Cannes where he unwittingly separates a young boy from his father and must help the two reunite. On the way he discovers France, bicycling and true love, among other things.

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Dumb and Dumber To
2014 Β· dir. Peter Farrelly
πŸ… 31%β˜… 5.6comedy

Playful drama in both cases

20 years since their first adventure, Lloyd and Harry go on a road trip to find Harry's newly discovered daughter, who was given up for adoption.

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