Movies like Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets
If Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets's mix of depression, therapist and teenage boy stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Dr. Bird's Advice for Sad Poets's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
2012 · Directed by Stephen Chbosky · 103 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: depression, teenage boy, first love
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…
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50/50
2011 · Directed by Jonathan Levine · 100 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: therapist · Also comedy and drama
Inspired by a true story, a comedy centered on a 27-year-old guy who learns of his cancer diagnosis and his subsequent struggle to beat the disease.
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Call Me by Your Name
2017 · Directed by Luca Guadagnino · 132 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: teenage boy, first love
In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture.
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Donnie Darko
2001 · Directed by Richard Kelly · 114 min7.8
Why you'll like itShares: therapist
After narrowly escaping a bizarre accident, a troubled teenager is plagued by visions of a large bunny rabbit that manipulates him to commit a series of crimes.