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Movies Like The Lining

If you liked The Lining, a movie directed by Charlotte Zhang, 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. 1Fast Times at Ridgemont High

    Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A group of Southern-California high school students ignore their studies in favor of indulging in their teenage distractions.

  2. 2She's All That

    She's All That (1999)

    ★ 6.3/10

    High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his…

  3. 3Lady Bird

    Lady Bird (2017)

    ★ 7.2/10

    Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to…

  4. 4The Last American Virgin

    The Last American Virgin (1982)

    ★ 6.6/10

    The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.

  5. 5Can't Hardly Wait

    Can't Hardly Wait (1998)

    ★ 6.2/10

    It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and…

  6. 6Napoleon Dynamite

    Napoleon Dynamite (2004)

    ★ 6.8/10

    A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back home.

  7. 7No Strings Attached

    No Strings Attached (2011)

    ★ 6.3/10

    Emma is a busy doctor who sets up a seemingly perfect arrangement when she offers her best friend Adam a relationship with one rule: No strings attached. But when a fling becomes a thing, can sex friends stay best…

  8. 8The Edge of Seventeen

    The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

    ★ 7.1/10

    Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

  9. 9That Awkward Moment

    That Awkward Moment (2014)

    ★ 6.1/10

    Best pals Jason and Daniel indulge in casual flings and revel in their carefree, unattached lives. After learning that the marriage of their friend Mikey is over, they gladly welcome him back into their circle. The…

  10. 10The 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.

  11. 11Bully

    Bully (2001)

    ★ 6.7/10

    A group of teenagers in South Florida enact a murder plot against their mutual bully, Bobby, who has emotionally, physically, and sexually abused them for years.

  12. 12Heathers

    Heathers (1989)

    ★ 7.2/10

    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.

  13. 13I Love You, Beth Cooper

    I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)

    ★ 6.1/10

    A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating seniors.

  14. 14The 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.

  15. 15Submarine

    Submarine (2011)

    ★ 7.4/10

    15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to…

  16. 16American Pie

    American Pie (1999)

    ★ 6.7/10

    At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a…

  17. 17Made of Honor

    Made of Honor (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10

    Tom and Hannah have been platonic friends for 10 years. He's a serial dater, while she wants marriage but hasn't found Mr. Right. Just as Tom is starting to think that he is relationship material after all, Hannah gets…

  18. 18LOL

    LOL (2012)

    ★ 6.1/10

    In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's…

  19. 19Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising

    Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

    ★ 5.8/10

    A sorority moves in next door to the home of Mac and Kelly Radner who have a young child. The Radner's enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.

  20. 20Dazed and Confused

    Dazed and Confused (1993)

    ★ 7.3/10

    The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking…

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