Movies Like Back from School

If you liked Back from School (2023), a movie, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
The Sweet East (2023)
★ 6.5/10
A picaresque journey through contemporary America, undertaken by a young woman granted access to the strange sects and cults that proliferate in this country by a series of gatekeepers eager to win her over.
2
Nice Dreams (1981)
★ 5.8/10
Nice Dreams - it rhymes with ice creams. And that's what Cheech and Chong are selling in this thoroughly wacky comedy. The outrageous, permanently spaced-out duo sells enough of their "specially mixed" ice cream to…
3
Pretty Persuasion (2005)
★ 5.8/10
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
4
Project X (2012)
★ 6.9/10
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
5
Spontaneous (2020)
★ 6.7/10
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
6
The Hot Spot (1990)
★ 6.3/10
Upon arriving to a small town, a drifter quickly gets into trouble with the local authorities — and the local women — after he robs a bank.
7
London (2005)
★ 6/10
London is a drug laden adventure that centers on a party in a New York loft where a young man is trying to win back his ex-girlfriend.
8
The Final (2010)
★ 6/10
A group of high school outcasts get revenge on the students that torment them.
9
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)
★ 6.1/10
An all-girl rock band moves to Hollywood in the hope of achieving success, only to fall into a whirlpool of wickedness and decadence.
10
Starting Over (1979)
★ 6.4/10
After divorcing his ambitious singer wife, a middle-aged man begins a new relationship with a teacher.
11
The Thing Called Love (1993)
★ 6.1/10
A group of newcomers to the country music business seek love and stardom.
12
The Ron Clark Story (2006)
★ 7.6/10
Passionate and innovative teacher Ron Clark leaves his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem's toughest schools. But to break through to the students, he must use unconventional methods, including his…
13
Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998)
★ 7.2/10
Young teen girl Xiu Xiu is sent away to a remote corner of the Sichuan steppes for manual labor in 1975 (sending young people to there was a part of Cultural Revolution in China). A year later, she agrees to go to even…
14
Jimmy Carr: Natural Born Killer (2024)
★ 6.4/10
Jimmy Carr refutes the idea that you can't joke about anything these days with his edgy takes on gun control, religion, cancel culture and consent.
15
Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015)
★ 6.9/10
This complex portrait of modern-day life on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation explores the bond between a brother and his younger sister, who find themselves on separate paths to rediscovering the meaning of home.
16
The Hunted (2024)
★ 7.1/10
After their boat capsizes in the Mediterranean Sea, a group of refugees are rescued by rich Europeans who offer them shelter on an idyllic island. But the miracle soon becomes a nightmare when the saviors turn into…
17
Hot Summer Nights (2018)
★ 6.6/10
In 1991, a sheltered teenager comes of age during a wild summer on Cape Cod, getting rich from selling pot to gangsters, falling in love for the first time, partying, and eventually realizing that he's in way over his…
18
Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)
★ 6.8/10
With the help of an irreverent young sidekick, a bank robber gets his old gang back together to organise a daring new heist.
19
Louis C.K.: Oh My God (2013)
★ 7.6/10
Filmed at the Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix, AZ on February 15th and 16th, 2013, Oh My God is Louis C.K.'s fifth stand-up special, his first for HBO since 2007's Shameless, and his first since winning a Emmy Award for…
20
Blue Car (2003)
★ 6.3/10
Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home…