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Movies Like The Quiet Girl's Guide to Violence

If you liked The Quiet Girl's Guide to Violence (2012), a comedy movie directed by Rafael Antonio Ruiz, 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. 1Three O'Clock High

    Three O'Clock High (1987)

    ★ 6.8/10Also comedy

    Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and…

  2. 2A Bad Moms Christmas

    A Bad Moms Christmas (2017)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    Amy, Kiki and Carla – three under-appreciated and over-burdened women – rebel against the challenges and expectations of the Super Bowl for mothers: Christmas. And if creating a more perfect holiday for their families…

  3. 3The First Wives Club

    The First Wives Club (1996)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    After years of helping their hubbies climb the ladder of success, three mid-life Manhattanites have been dumped for a newer, curvier model. But the trio is determined to turn their pain into gain. They come up with a…

  4. 4Pretty Persuasion

    Pretty Persuasion (2005)

    ★ 5.8/10Also comedy

    A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.

  5. 5Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room

    Katherine Ryan: Glitter Room (2019)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy

    Fresh from a tour, comedian Katherine Ryan shares shrewd observations about school bullies, revenge bodies and raising a very fancy child.

  6. 6The F**k-It List

    The F**k-It List (2020)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy

    After a prank blows up a studious high school senior's life, he shares a list of certain things he wishes he'd done differently — and maybe still can.

  7. 7Adventures in Public School

    Adventures in Public School (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy

    A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes.

  8. 8The Best Man Holiday

    The Best Man Holiday (2013)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy

    When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.

  9. 9How to Eat Fried Worms

    How to Eat Fried Worms (2006)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    During the first day of his new school year, a fifth grade boy squares off against a bully and winds up accepting a dare that could change the balance of power within the class.

  10. 102 Minutes of Fame

    2 Minutes of Fame (2020)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    An up-and-coming stand-up comic moves to L.A. to pursue a film career after video clips of his act make him an online sensation.

  11. 11Heathers

    Heathers (1989)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

  12. 12One Night at McCool's

    One Night at McCool's (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    On an ordinary night, in an ordinary part of town, a beautiful young woman walks into a bar. Her name is Jewel, and before long she is chatting to bartender Randy. The pair leave together, but he ends up getting into a…

  13. 13Cadet Kelly

    Cadet Kelly (2002)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Hyperactive teenager Kelly is enrolled into a military school when her new stepfather becomes the Commandant. At first she has problems fitting in and taking orders until she tries out for the drill team.

  14. 14Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  15. 15Thunderstruck

    Thunderstruck (2012)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.

  16. 16Jim Jefferies: Freedumb

    Jim Jefferies: Freedumb (2016)

    ★ 7.2/10Also comedy

    Returning for a second Netflix comedy special, Jim Jefferies unleashes his famously ferocious black humor to a packed house in Nashville, Tennessee.

  17. 17Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire

    Chris D'Elia: Man on Fire (2017)

    ★ 6.2/10Also comedy

    Unbridled comic Chris D'Elia reconsiders his approach to major life events like marriage, not having kids and buying pants for your friends.

  18. 18Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh

    Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)

    ★ 7.3/10Also comedy

    Step brothers Drake and Josh must give a foster family the best Christmas ever or face years in jail for a Christmas party gone wrong.

  19. 19Dennis the Menace

    Dennis the Menace (1993)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy

    Mr. Wilson's ever-present annoyance comes in the form of one mischievous kid named Dennis. But he'll need Dennis's tricks to uncover a collection of gold coins that go missing when a shady drifter named Switchblade Sam…

  20. 20Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs

    Shane Gillis: Beautiful Dogs (2023)

    ★ 7/10Also comedy

    In a rowdy stand-up set, Shane Gillis riffs on his girlfriend's Navy SEAL ex, touring George Washington's house and being bullied by an Australian Goth.

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