Movies Like Young and Innocent
If you liked Young and Innocent (1987), a movie directed by Hal Freeman, 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.
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Sleepaway Camp (1983)
★ 6.3/10Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
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Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)
★ 5.8/10Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or…
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Marshmallow (2025)
★ 6/10At a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his…
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Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
★ 6.2/10It's the last day of Camp Firewood's season, but there's still time for the big talent show, a little romance… and for everyone to be wiped out by the piece of NASA's Skylab that's hurtling toward Earth.
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Do Revenge (2022)
★ 6.4/10A 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.
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Fear Street: 1978 (2021)
★ 7.2/10In 1978, two rival groups at Camp Nightwing must band together to solve a terrifying mystery when horrors from their towns' history come alive.
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The Parent Trap (1961)
★ 7/10Two identical twin sisters, separated at birth by their parents' divorce, are reunited years later at a summer camp, where they scheme to bring their parents back together. The girls, one of whom has been living with…
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Friday the 13th (1980)
★ 6.4/10Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.
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The Burning (1981)
★ 6.2/10A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a…
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Boot Camp (2024)
★ 6.1/10Unathletic Whitney Carmichael signs up for an intense summer boot camp to reinvent herself and falls for her personal trainer. She then finds the strength to embrace her true self and ignore the others' expectations.
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Little Darlings (1980)
★ 6.5/10Two 15-year-old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.
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The Plague (2025)
★ 6.4/10A socially awkward tween endures the ruthless hierarchy at a water polo camp, his anxiety spiraling into psychological turmoil over the summer.
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I Love You, Beth Cooper (2009)
★ 6.1/10A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating seniors.
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The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
★ 7.1/10Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
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Patch Adams (1998)
★ 7.3/10The true story of Dr. Hunter "Patch" Adams, who in the 1970s found that humor is the best medicine, and was willing to do just anything to make his patients laugh—even if it meant risking his own career.
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Meatballs (1979)
★ 5.8/10Tripper is the head counselor at a budget summer camp called Camp Northstar. In truth, he's young at heart and only marginally more mature than the campers themselves. Tripper befriends Rudy, a loner camper who has…
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Camp Rock 3 (2026)
★ 6.5/10When pop group Connect 3 returns to Camp Rock to search for an opening act for their reunion tour, rising tensions and fierce competition among campers test old friendships and spark unexpected romances.
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Scooby-Doo! Curse of the Lake Monster (2010)
★ 6.2/10Scooby-Doo and the gang are on the case when a mysterious lake monster starts scaring the guests at a summer resort in Erie Point, where Fred, Daphne, Velma and Shaggy have taken on seasonal jobs to pay for a barn they…
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The Last Song (2010)
★ 7.2/10A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
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If I Stay (2014)
★ 7.3/10Mia Hall, a talented young cellist, thought the most difficult decision she would ever have to make would be whether to pursue her musical dreams at prestigious Juilliard or follow her heart to be with the love of her…