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Movies that feel likeSuperbad (2007)

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

If you loved Superbad, the closest films we have are Booksmart (2019), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015). All three share Superbad'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).

🍅 88% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.6 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Greg Mottolawittyplayfulwistful
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Booksmart
2019 · dir. Olivia Wilde
🍅 96%★ 7.1comedyRent or buy

One last-night blowout that's really about two friends parting ways

The difference: Slicker and warmer — the humor is less gleefully crude

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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Ferris Bueller's Day Off
1986 · dir. John Hughes
🍅 85%★ 7.8comedyApple TV+Paramount+

One legendary day of teenage rule-breaking pulled off with style

The difference: PG-13 charm — confident where Superbad is sweaty and desperate

After high school slacker Ferris Bueller successfully fakes an illness in order to skip school for the day, he goes on a series of adventures throughout Chicago with his girlfriend Sloane and best friend Cameron, all the while trying to outwit his wily school principal and fed-up sister.

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Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
2015 · dir. Alfonso Gomez-Rejon
🍅 81%★ 7.7drama · comedyRent or buy

An awkward senior hiding behind jokes until life forces sincerity

The difference: A tearjerker at heart — grief where the parties would be

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.

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The Squid and the Whale
2005 · dir. Noah Baumbach
🍅 91%★ 7.3comedy · dramaNetflix

Adolescent boys fumbling toward adulthood with painful honesty

The difference: Raw divorce drama — the laughs are winces, not punchlines

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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Easy A
2010 · dir. Will Gluck
🍅 85%★ 7comedyApple TV+Paramount+

High school reputation spiraling out of control, played for wit

The difference: Quippy and comparatively clean — a heroine's wit, not boys' filth

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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3 Idiots
2009 · dir. Rajkumar Hirani
🍅 94%★ 8.4drama · comedy

School pressure, loyal friends and comedy that turns heartfelt

The difference: Sprawling Bollywood dramedy with songs and message-movie earnestness

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 down—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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American Reunion
2012 · dir. Jon Hurwitz
🍅 45%★ 6.7comedy

Raunch built on genuine affection between longtime friends

The difference: Nostalgia running on fumes — the gags feel secondhand

The characters we met a little more than a decade ago return to East Great Falls for their high school reunion. In one long-overdue weekend, they will discover what has changed, who hasn’t, and that time and distance can’t break the bonds of friendship.

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Rushmore
1998 · dir. Wes Anderson
🍅 90%★ 7.6comedy · drama

A delusionally confident teen whose schemes outrun his maturity

The difference: Precise deadpan melancholy — nothing broad or filthy about it

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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Eighth Grade
2018 · dir. Bo Burnham
🍅 99%★ 7.3comedy · dramaNetflix

Adolescent awkwardness rendered so honestly it's hard to watch

The difference: Anxious and tender, not laugh-driven — closer to a documentary

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

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

One thread runs through both: growing up

The difference: Sits closer to drama than Superbad does

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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The Breakfast Club
1985 · dir. John Hughes
🍅 87%★ 7.8comedy · dramaHulu

Teens dropping their armor over one unsupervised stretch of hours

The difference: Sincere talk-it-out drama — the comedy is a side dish

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast Allison, brainy Brian and Andrew, the jock. Each has a chance to tell his or her story, making the others see them a little differently -- and when the day ends, they question whether school will ever be the same.

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

The same preoccupation in both: high school

The difference: Leans harder into romance than Superbad does

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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