Movies like Strike!
If Strike!'s mix of new england, teen comedy and semi autobiographical stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Strike!'s fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Dead Poets Society
1989 · Directed by Peter Weir · 129 min8.3
Why you'll like itShares: new england, preparatory school
At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern…
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Patch Adams
1998 · Directed by Tom Shadyac · 115 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: 1960s · Also comedy and drama · From the same decade (1990s)
The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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Lady Bird
2017 · Directed by Greta Gerwig · 94 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: semi autobiographical · Also drama and comedy
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to…
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Mean Girls
2004 · Directed by Mark Waters · 97 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: teen comedy · Also drama and comedy
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
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Hidden Figures
2016 · Directed by Theodore Melfi · 127 min8.0
Why you'll like itWith Kirsten Dunst · Shares: 1960s
The untold story of Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson – brilliant African-American women working at NASA and serving as the brains behind one of the greatest operations in history – the launch of…
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Easy A
2010 · Directed by Will Gluck · 93 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: teen comedy
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.