Movies Like Zigzags

If you liked Zigzags (1987), a movie directed by Dominique Loreau, 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
How to Have Sex (2023)
★ 6.2/10
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
2
The Spectacular Now (2013)
★ 6.7/10
Sutter, a popular party animal, unexpectedly meets the introverted Aimee after waking up on a stranger's lawn. As Sutter deals with the problems in his life and Aimee plans for her future beyond school, an unexpected…
3
Breathe (2014)
★ 7.1/10
Charlie, a 17-year-old girl tortured by doubt, is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but when Sarah tires of Charlie and looks for a new friend, their relationship takes an ominous turn.
4
Ghost World (2001)
★ 7.1/10
Two quirky, cynical, teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives following high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle-aged record collector, one of them befriends him…
5
Laggies (2014)
★ 6.1/10
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to…
6
Bonjour Tristesse (2025)
★ 6.1/10
At the height of summer, 18-year-old Cécile is relaxing by the French seaside with her father and falling in love with her new boyfriend. The arrival of her late mother's enigmatic friend turns her world upside down.
7
Booksmart (2019)
★ 7/10
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to…
8
I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
★ 6.1/10
A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating seniors.
9
Blue Is the Warmest Color (2013)
★ 7.1/10
Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses…
10
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.
11
Frances Ha (2013)
★ 7.3/10
An aspiring dancer moves to New York City and becomes caught up in a whirlwind of flighty fair-weather friends, diminishing fortunes and career setbacks.
12
She's All That (1999)
★ 6.4/10
High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his…
13
The Clique (2008)
★ 5.9/10
A young girl tries to fit in with a clique of popular middle school girls after moving into the guest house of one of their homes.
14
LOL (Laughing Out Loud) (2009)
★ 6.5/10
Lola is a striking teenaged girl who is on the cusp of adulthood and longs to rush into the adult world of independence, freedom and sexual exploits, but is tenaciously held back by her mother.
15
Am I OK? (2024)
★ 6.3/10
Lucy and Jane have been best friends for most of their lives and think they know everything there is to know about each other. But when Jane announces she's moving to London, Lucy reveals a long-held secret. As Jane…
16
The Other Zoey (2023)
★ 7/10
Highly intelligent computer major Zoey Miller is uninterested in romantic love, but her life is turned upside down when Zack, the school's soccer star, gets amnesia and mistakes Zoey for his girlfriend.
17
Giant Little Ones (2019)
★ 7.1/10
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.
18
The French Kissers (2009)
★ 5.8/10
An awkward adolescent boy and his angst-ridden friends try their best to fit in amongst a cast of varied characters.
19
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
★ 6.6/10
Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except…
20
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
★ 6.8/10
A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.