Movies Like Jeunesse d'abord

If you liked Jeunesse d'abord (1936), a movie directed by Jean Stelli and Claude Heymann, 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
El Chicano (2019)
★ 6.6/10
A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law.
2
What Maisie Knew (2013)
★ 7.1/10
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
3
Marry Me, Dude (2017)
★ 6.2/10
Yassine asks his best friend Fred to marry him in order to avoid deportation...
4
Hobson's Choice (1954)
★ 7.4/10
A widower refuses to let his three daughters marry in order to avoid paying settlements, so they'll just have to outsmart him.
5
Shirley (2020)
★ 6.1/10
A famous horror writer finds inspiration for her next book after she and her husband take in a young couple.
6
Last Summer (2023)
★ 6.1/10
One summer, a French teenager who has been living with his mother in the city moves in with his estranged father’s family in the countryside, where he clashes with his stepmother.
7
A Room in Town (1982)
★ 6.3/10
Set against the backdrop of an increasingly violent strike, a worker falls in love with the middle-class daughter of his landlady.
8
Clash by Night (1952)
★ 6.7/10
An embittered woman seeks escape in marriage, only to fall for her husband’s best friend.
9
What's Love Got to Do with It? (2023)
★ 6.1/10
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
10
The Graduate (1967)
★ 7.6/10
A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.
11
Endless Love (2014)
★ 6.9/10
A privileged girl and a charismatic boy's instant desire sparks a love affair made only more reckless by parents trying to keep them apart.
12
The Kissing Booth 2 (2020)
★ 7.6/10
With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.
13
The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)
★ 7.3/10
The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved.
14
Four Lovers (2010)
★ 5.9/10
Mutual attraction leads two married couples to swap bedtime partners.
15
Serial (Bad) Weddings (2014)
★ 6.7/10
A catholic French couple sees their life upside down when their four daughters get married to men of different religion and origins.
16
Easy Virtue (2008)
★ 6.5/10
A young Englishman marries a glamorous American. When he brings her home to meet the parents, she arrives like a blast from the future - blowing their entrenched British stuffiness out the window.
17
Winter Spring Summer or Fall (2024)
★ 7.3/10
Remi and Barnes, two very different teenagers, meet by chance in the winter of their senior year, then spend four days together over the course of a year that will change their lives forever.
18
A Single Girl (1995)
★ 5.9/10
A young Parisian must make major decisions about pregnancy, a job, and her boyfriend.
19
Chaos (2001)
★ 6.4/10
A bourgeois couple, modern yet conventional. One night by accident, a young prostitute barges into their lives. Hounded down, beaten up, threatened, she will continue to struggle, with the help of a well off lady…
20
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
★ 7.5/10
After moving to a new town, troublemaking teen Jim Stark is supposed to have a clean slate, although being the new kid in town brings its own problems. While searching for some stability, Stark forms a bond with a…