Movies like Crazy
If Crazy's mix of puberty, friendship and boarding school stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Crazy's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Lady Bird
2017 · Directed by Greta Gerwig · 94 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, coming of age · 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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Giant Little Ones
2019 · Directed by Keith Behrman · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, coming of age
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
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The Holdovers
2023 · Directed by Alexander Payne · 133 min7.6
Why you'll like itShares: boarding school · Also drama and comedy
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go.
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Then Came You
2018 · Directed by Peter Hutchings · 97 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also comedy and drama
An American hypochondriac who is working as a baggage handler is forced to confront his fears when a British teenager with a terminal illness enlists him to help her carry out her eccentric bucket list.
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Mean Girls
2004 · Directed by Mark Waters · 97 min7.2
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also drama and comedy · From the same decade (2000s)
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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Handsome Devil
2017 · Directed by John Butler · 95 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: boarding school · Also drama and comedy
A music-mad 16-year-old outcast at a rugby-mad boarding school forms an unlikely friendship with his dashing new roommate.
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The Kings of Summer
2013 · Directed by Jordan Vogt-Roberts · 95 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also comedy and drama
Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent…
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
2001 · Directed by Chris Columbus · 152 min7.9
Why you'll like itShares: friendship, boarding school · From the same decade (2000s)
Harry Potter has lived under the stairs at his aunt and uncle's house his whole life. But on his 11th birthday, he learns he's a powerful wizard—with a place waiting for him at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and…
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Unpregnant
2020 · Directed by Rachel Lee Goldenberg · 104 min6.8
Why you'll like itShares: coming of age · Also drama and comedy
After discovering she can’t legally get an abortion in Missouri without her parents’ permission, teenager Veronica convinces her former best friend Bailey to take a road trip to Albuquerque to seek the procedure.
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All About Me
2018 · Directed by Caroline Link · 100 min7.4
Why you'll like itAlso a German drama
Dramatised origin story of one of Germany's most beloved contemporary comedians, Hape Kerkeling.