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Movies Like The Diary of a Teenage Girl

If you liked The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015), a drama and romance movie directed by Marielle Heller, 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. 1Hello, My Name Is Doris

    Hello, My Name Is Doris (2015)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama

    A self-help seminar inspires a sixty-something woman to romantically pursue her younger co-worker.

  2. 2Breezy

    Breezy (1973)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    A free-spirited young woman, Breezy, hitches a ride with an aging real estate salesman, Frank. Sensing that she just wants to use him he tries to have nothing to do with her. She's not that easy to shake, however, and…

  3. 3Voicemails for Isabelle

    Voicemails for Isabelle (2026)

    ★ 8.3/10Also romance and comedy

    A young woman's hilariously confessional voicemails to her late sister are unknowingly redirected to a stranger, who begins to fall in love from afar.

  4. 4Meet Monica Velour

    Meet Monica Velour (2010)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy and drama

    For Tobe, a nerdy, horny, frizzy-haired cineaste who doesn't quite fit in with the average contemporary teen, the pinnacle of womanhood is Monica Velour, a soft-core actress who reached the zenith of her career in the…

  5. 5Am I OK?

    Am I OK? (2024)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and romance

    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…

  6. 6How to Please a Woman

    How to Please a Woman (2022)

    ★ 6.3/10Also romance and comedy

    When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.

  7. 7Chasing Amy

    Chasing Amy (1997)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and drama

    Holden and Banky are comic book artists. Everything is going good for them until they meet Alyssa, also a comic book artist. Holden falls for her, but his hopes are crushed when he finds out she's a lesbian.

  8. 8¿Quieres ser mi hijo?

    ¿Quieres ser mi hijo? (2023)

    ★ 8.4/10Also comedy and romance

    Lu, a conformist woman in her forties, learns that her 15-year partner has been having extramarital affairs. Starting from scratch, she gets involved in an unexpected relationship with a young womanizer.

  9. 9Real Women Have Curves

    Real Women Have Curves (2002)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and drama

    In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned…

  10. 10Girls Like Girls

    Girls Like Girls (2026)

    ★ 7.4/10Also romance and drama

    After her mother's passing, 17-year-old Coley navigates new feelings of intimacy with Sonya in rural Oregon, where both girls must overcome their mutual uncertainties and self-doubt to embrace their connection.

  11. 11Looking: The Movie

    Looking: The Movie (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10Also drama and romance

    Patrick returns to San Francisco for the first time in almost a year to celebrate a momentous event with his old friends. In the process, he must face the unresolved relationships he left behind and make difficult…

  12. 12We Are Your Friends

    We Are Your Friends (2015)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    Young Cole Carter dreams of hitting the big time as a Hollywood disc jockey, spending his days and nights hanging with buddies and working on the one track that will set the world on fire. Opportunity comes knocking…

  13. 13The Invite

    The Invite (2026)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama

    Joe and Angela's marriage is on thin ice. When they invite their enigmatic upstairs neighbors for a dinner party, the night spirals into unexpected places. Have they reignited the spark or lit the match that burns it…

  14. 14Palm Trees and Power Lines

    Palm Trees and Power Lines (2023)

    ★ 6.3/10Also drama and romance

    Seventeen-year-old Lea spends her summer break tanning in her backyard, and drifting between tiptoeing around her needy mother, and aimlessly trailing her best friend and boys from school. This monotony is interrupted…

  15. 15XX/XY

    XX/XY (2002)

    ★ 6/10Also drama and comedy

    Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.

  16. 16The Idea of You

    The Idea of You (2024)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy and romance

    40-year-old single mom Solène begins an unexpected romance with 24-year-old Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of August Moon, the hottest boy band on the planet. As they begin a whirlwind romance, it isn't long before…

  17. 17An Unmarried Woman

    An Unmarried Woman (1978)

    ★ 6.8/10Also drama and romance

    A wealthy woman from Manhattan's Upper East Side struggles to deal with her new identity and her sexuality after her husband of 16 years leaves her for a younger woman.

  18. 18Ruby Sparks

    Ruby Sparks (2012)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and romance

    Calvin is a young novelist who achieved phenomenal success early in his career but is now struggling with his writing – as well as his romantic life. Finally, he makes a breakthrough and creates a character named Ruby…

  19. 19Newness

    Newness (2017)

    ★ 6.1/10Also romance and drama

    In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.

  20. 20Fifty Shades Freed

    Fifty Shades Freed (2018)

    ★ 6.7/10Also drama and romance

    Believing they have left behind shadowy figures from their past, newlyweds Christian and Ana fully embrace an inextricable connection and shared life of luxury. But just as she steps into her role as Mrs. Grey and he…

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