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Movies Like Young, Wild and Wonderful

If you liked Young, Wild and Wonderful (1980), a movie directed by Jim Buckley, 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. 1The Wailer

    The Wailer (2006)

    ★ 6.7/10

    On their way to Mexico, six students are stranded in a small town where years before a tragedy took place.

  2. 2Hollywood or Bust

    Hollywood or Bust (1956)

    ★ 6.2/10

    The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood. Steve Wiley is a deceiver who cheats Malcolm Smith when he wins a car, claiming that he won it too. Trying to steal the…

  3. 3Son of Rambow

    Son of Rambow (2007)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Will is looking for an escape from his family when he encounters Lee, the school bully. Armed with a video camera and a copy of Rambo, Lee plans to make his own action-packed video epic.

  4. 4Head Full of Honey

    Head Full of Honey (2018)

    ★ 6.3/10

    A young girl tries to help her grandfather, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s, navigate his increasing forgetfulness, and ends up going on a remarkable adventure with him.

  5. 5Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

    Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins (2009)

    ★ 6.4/10

    Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, Daphne, Velma, Fred and Shaggy are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team up to solve the supernatural mystery…and head…

  6. 6Holiday on the Buses

    Holiday on the Buses (1973)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Due to a female passenger falling out of her top whilst running for the bus Stan is distracted and crashes the bus resulting in the depot managers car being written off. As a result Stan, Jack and Blakey are fired…

  7. 7The Trouble with Angels

    The Trouble with Angels (1966)

    ★ 6.7/10

    Mary and her friend, Rachel, are new students at St. Francis Academy, a boarding school run by the iron fist of Mother Superior. The immature teens grow bored and begin playing pranks on both the unsuspecting nuns and…

  8. 8Sleepover

    Sleepover (2004)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Desperate to improve their social status, four best friends enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.

  9. 9Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure

    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)

    ★ 6.8/10

    Two rock-'n-rolling teens, on the verge of failing their class, set out on a quest to make the ultimate school history report after being presented with a time machine.

  10. 10Accepted

    Accepted (2006)

    ★ 6.5/10

    A high school slacker who's rejected by every school he applies to opts to create his own institution of higher learning, the South Harmon Institute of Technology, on a rundown piece of property near his hometown.

  11. 11Oh, God!

    Oh, God! (1977)

    ★ 6.4/10

    When God appears to an assistant grocery manager as a good natured old man, the Almighty selects him as his messenger for the modern world.

  12. 12Spider-Man: Far From Home

    Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

    ★ 7.4/10

    Peter Parker and his friends go on a summer trip to Europe. However, they will hardly be able to rest - Peter will have to agree to help Nick Fury uncover the mystery of creatures that cause natural disasters and…

  13. 13Mr. Bones

    Mr. Bones (2001)

    ★ 6/10

    A medicine man is sent looking for the son of his tribal king, and brings back an American golfer and a host of goons intent on keeping him in the golf tournament.

  14. 14Rock Dog

    Rock Dog (2016)

    ★ 6.3/10

    When a radio falls from the sky into the hands of a wide-eyed Tibetan Mastiff, he leaves home to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician, setting into motion a series of completely unexpected events.

  15. 15Minutemen

    Minutemen (2008)

    ★ 5.8/10

    When three high-school friends invent a time-machine, they decide to use it to go back in time and prevent other youngsters from making humiliating mistakes.

  16. 16Tommy Boy

    Tommy Boy (1995)

    ★ 6.8/10

    To save the family business, two ne’er-do-well traveling salesmen hit the road with disastrously funny consequences.

  17. 17Safety

    Safety (2020)

    ★ 7.5/10

    The story of Ray-Ray McElrathbey, a freshman football player for Clemson University, who secretly raised his younger brother on campus after his home life became too unsteady.

  18. 18Cranston Academy: Monster Zone

    Cranston Academy: Monster Zone (2020)

    ★ 6/10

    An intelligent 15-year-old high school student is unexpectedly transferred to a boarding school where he opens a portal of monsters from another dimension.

  19. 19Help!

    Help! (1965)

    ★ 6.9/10

    An obscure Eastern cult that practices human sacrifice pursues Ringo after he unknowingly puts on a ceremonial ring (that, of course, won't come off). On top of that, a pair of mad scientists, members of Scotland Yard…

  20. 20Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School

    Snoopy Presents: Lucy's School (2022)

    ★ 7.3/10

    The Peanuts gang is anxious about starting at a new school in the fall, inspiring Lucy to start her own school instead. She soon learns that teaching isn't as easy as it sounds and that change can be a good thing.

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