Movies like The Note
If The Note's mix of coming out, chinese and lgbt teen stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what The Note's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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The Half of It
2020 · Directed by Alice Wu · 104 min7.1
Why you'll like itAlso directed by Alice Wu · Shares: lgbt teen, chinese american · From the same decade (2020s)
Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings…
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Love, Simon
2018 · Directed by Greg Berlanti · 110 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: coming out, lgbt teen
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…
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The Farewell
2019 · Directed by Lulu Wang · 100 min7.4
Why you'll like itShares: grandmother, chinese american
A headstrong Chinese-American woman returns to China when her beloved grandmother is given a terminal diagnosis. Billi struggles with her family's decision to keep grandma in the dark about her own illness as they all…
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Prayers for Bobby
2009 · Directed by Russell Mulcahy · 89 min8.1
Why you'll like itShares: coming out
Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay.
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American Beauty
1999 · Directed by Sam Mendes · 122 min8.0
Why you'll like itShares: coming out
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
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A Monster Calls
2016 · Directed by J. A. Bayona · 108 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: grandmother
12-year-old Conor encounters an ancient tree monster who proceeds to help him cope with his mother's terminal illness and being bullied in school.
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Giant Little Ones
2019 · Directed by Keith Behrman · 93 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: gay romance
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.