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Movies that feel like Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)

If you loved Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, the closest films we have are Booksmart (2019), The Spectacular Now (2013) and 3 Idiots (2009). All three share Me and Earl and the Dying Girl'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 Amazon Prime Video and others, checked against today's data.

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

πŸ… 81% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.7 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejoncontemplativewittyplayfulwistful

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

The same two preoccupations: high school, and growing up

The difference: Without the same stillness

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

Two things both keep coming back to: high school student and based on young adult novel

The difference: Played as romance first

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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3 Idiots
2009 Β· dir. Rajkumar Hirani
πŸ… 94%β˜… 8.4drama Β· comedy

One thread runs through both: friends

Rascal. Joker. Dreamer. Genius... You've never met a college student quite like "Rancho." From the moment he arrives at India's most prestigious university, Rancho's outlandish schemes turn the campus upside downβ€”along with the lives of his two newfound best friends. Together, they make life miserable for "Virus," the school’s uptight and heartless dean. But when Rancho catches the eye of the dean's daughter, Virus sets his sights on flunking out the "3 idiots" once and for all.

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Eighth Grade
2018 Β· dir. Bo Burnham
πŸ… 99%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama

Both keep coming back to the same thing: growing up

Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school β€” the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year β€” before she begins high school.

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The Squid and the Whale
2005 Β· dir. Noah Baumbach
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.3comedy Β· drama

Both land stillness and wit at once

Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents' divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980s.

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It's Kind of a Funny Story
2010 Β· dir. Anna Boden
πŸ… 58%β˜… 7.1comedy Β· drama Β· romance

The same preoccupation in both: based on young adult novel

A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

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Rushmore
1998 Β· dir. Wes Anderson
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6comedy Β· drama

The same mix in both: play, then wistfulness

When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

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Breaking Away
1979 Β· dir. Peter Yates
πŸ… 95%β˜… 7.7drama Β· comedy

Both are built on the same subject: teenage boy

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

Dave, nineteen, has just graduated high school, with his three friends: the comical Cyril, the warm hearted but short-tempered Moocher, and the athletic, spiteful but good-hearted Mike. Now, Dave enjoys racing bikes and hopes to race the Italians one day, and even takes up the Italian culture, much to his friends' and parents' annoyance.

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High School Musical 3: Senior Year
2008 Β· dir. Kenny Ortega
πŸ… 64%β˜… 5comedy Β· drama Β· family

Common ground: high school

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.

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Superbad
2007 Β· dir. Greg Mottola
πŸ… 88%β˜… 7.6comedy

Comedy with a pulse of wit, in both cases

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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Licorice Pizza
2021 Β· dir. Paul Thomas Anderson
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.1drama Β· comedy Β· romance

Contemplative drama, and it commits to that

The story of Gary Valentine and Alana Kane growing up, running around and going through the treacherous navigation of first love in the San Fernando Valley, 1973.

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Love, Simon
2018 Β· dir. Greg Berlanti
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5comedy Β· drama Β· romance

Both lean on play more than on drama

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the identity of the anonymous classmate that he's fallen for online.

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