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Movies Like Dude's Manual

If you liked Dude's Manual (2018), a movie directed by Kevin Ko, 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. 1Our Times

    Our Times (2015)

    ★ 7.5/10

    Office worker Truly Lin goes on a journey through her memories. 20 years ago, she had a crush on the most popular guy in school. Taiyu, a ruffian and a bully, is in love with the campus belle. Truly teams up with Taiyu…

  2. 2Finding Emily

    Finding Emily (2026)

    ★ 6.9/10

    When a lovesick musician is given the wrong number for his dream girl, he teams up with a driven psychology student to find her. Together, they spark a hilarious campus-wide frenzy that tests their own hearts and…

  3. 3The Best of Me

    The Best of Me (2014)

    ★ 7.5/10

    A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown.

  4. 4You Are the Apple of My Eye

    You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)

    ★ 7.4/10

    A group of close friends who attend a private school all have a debilitating crush on the sunny star pupil, Shen Chia-yi. The only member of the group who claims not to is Ko Ching-teng, but he ends up loving her as…

  5. 5Teen Spirit

    Teen Spirit (2019)

    ★ 6/10

    A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.

  6. 6Beastly

    Beastly (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A modern-day take on the "Beauty and the Beast" tale where a New York teen is transformed into a hideous monster in order to find true love.

  7. 7John Tucker Must Die

    John Tucker Must Die (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10

    After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart…

  8. 8Crush

    Crush (2022)

    ★ 7.4/10

    When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an…

  9. 9Do Revenge

    Do Revenge (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A dethroned queen bee at a posh private high school strikes a secret deal with an unassuming new student to enact revenge on one another’s enemies.

  10. 10After

    After (2019)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Tessa Young is a dedicated student, dutiful daughter and loyal girlfriend to her high school sweetheart. Entering her first semester of college, Tessa's guarded world opens up when she meets Hardin Scott, a mysterious…

  11. 11Goodbye Mr. Loser

    Goodbye Mr. Loser (2015)

    ★ 7.1/10

    A middle-aged loser travels back in time to his high school years to put his life on the right track.

  12. 12My Date with Drew

    My Date with Drew (2005)

    ★ 5.9/10

    Ever since the second grade when he first saw her in E.T. The Extraterrestrial, Brian Herzlinger has had a crush on Drew Barrymore. Now, 20 years later he's decided to try to fulfill his lifelong dream by asking her…

  13. 13Yoh! Bestie

    Yoh! Bestie (2026)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Thando is perpetually unlucky in love, but when her bestie returns from his travels with a fiancée in tow, she's forced to face a new emotion — jealousy.

  14. 14The Prince & Me

    The Prince & Me (2004)

    ★ 6.2/10

    A fairy tale love-story about pre-med student Paige who falls in love with a Danish Prince "Eddie" who refused to follow the traditions of his parents and has come to the US to quench his thirst for rebellion. Paige…

  15. 15Playing It Cool

    Playing It Cool (2014)

    ★ 5.9/10

    A young man meets and instantly falls in love with an engaged woman.

  16. 16Cover Girl

    Cover Girl (1944)

    ★ 6.4/10

    A nightclub dancer makes it big in modeling, leaving her dancer boyfriend behind.

  17. 17The Kissing Booth 3

    The Kissing Booth 3 (2021)

    ★ 6.8/10

    It's the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. Elle has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her BFF Lee is headed and has to…

  18. 18Bull Durham

    Bull Durham (1988)

    ★ 6.6/10

    Veteran catcher Crash Davis is brought to the minor league Durham Bulls to help their up and coming pitching prospect, "Nuke" Laloosh. Their relationship gets off to a rocky start and is further complicated when…

  19. 19The Kissing Booth

    The Kissing Booth (2018)

    ★ 7.2/10

    When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend.

  20. 20After Ever Happy

    After Ever Happy (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10

    As a shocking truth about a couple's families emerges, the two lovers discover they are not so different from each other. Tessa is no longer the sweet, simple, good girl she was when she met Hardin — any more than he…

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