Movies like Lady Bird
If you like "Lady Bird" you are looking for thought provoking, art house and realistic movies about / with coming of age, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl, prom and high school themes of Comedy and Drama genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Lady Bird (2017)
299K

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style:
thought provoking, art house, realistic, semi serious, psychological, captivating, ironic, disturbing, funny, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, teenager, teenage girl, prom, high school, first love, father daughter relationship, loss of virginity, teen romance, best friend, friendship, youth, mother daughter conflict, catholic school, adolescence, family problems, school, teenage protagonist, women, teenage sex, poor family, teen angst, relationships ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
sacramento california, california, new york, usa, united states of america
Most similar movies to Lady Bird
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and touching films with plots about coming of age, high school, teenage girl, teenager, friendship, adolescence and youth mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Lady Bird: Submarine (2010), The Edge of Seventeen (2016), The Breakfast Club (1985), Yes, God, Yes (2019), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
93K

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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 fall apart, similar ...
Style:
visually appealing, witty, surreal, touching, talky ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, school, virginity, adolescence, teenage love, high school life, youth, social relations, loss of virginity, infidelity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
wales, england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
Style:
emotional, witty, realistic, touching, depressing ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, coming of age, adolescence, teen angst, teenage girl, best friend, teen romance, female protagonist, friendship, teacher, school ...
Time:
80s
Place:
california, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style:
talky, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night, chick flick, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, youth, teenage angst, adolescence, high school life, adolescence vs adulthood, teachers and students, introspection, loneliness ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Alice, a young innocent Catholic girl, is tempted into masturbating after an AOL chat suddenly turns sexual, however is conflicted as the act would be considered a sin.
Style:
sex comedy, christian film, teen sex comedy, thought provoking, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, catholic school, first sexual experience, teenage girl, christianity, female sexuality, sexual awakening, high school, premarital sex, masturbation, grownups, right and wrong ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Movie in collections

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style:
romantic, entertaining, light, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, teenage life, couples, love and romance, initially antagonists, teen romance, friendship, unlikely couple ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Movies like Mean Girls

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, funny, melancholic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, honest, gay, obsessive quest, family relations, escapades, nothing goes right, coming of age, parenthood, drugs ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, new mexico, arizona, albuquerque new mexico ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
123K

Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one ...
Style:
feel good, funny, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, coming of age, high school, teenager, teenage sex, lesbian sex, house party, last day of school, lgbtq, prejudice, female protagonist, high school student ...
Time:
year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
529K

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style:
funny, touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, teenager, adoption, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, love and romance, social relations, friendship, female protagonist, high school, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Movie in collections

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Two 15-year old girls from different sides of the tracks compete to see who will be first to lose their virginity while at camp.
Style:
erotic, teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, teenage sex, summer camp, friendship, cheerleading, high school, sex, camp, summer, youth, loss of virginity ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
123K

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style:
thought provoking, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, age difference, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, graduation, blues, teenage life, teenage girl, best friends, youth, adolescence, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Also search:
Movies like Thirteen

Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style:
touching, sincere, melancholic, emotional, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, youth, teenage life, couples, first love, teenage love, high school, family relations, classmate, drinking problem, love ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, california, usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, melancholic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, coming of age, friendship, teenage girl, class differences, father daughter relationship, relationships, love story, bullying, teen romance, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
81K

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
When three parents discover their daughters’ pact to lose their virginity at prom, they launch a covert one-night operation to stop the teens from sealing the deal.
Style:
ridiculous, funny, entertaining, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
prom, loss of virginity, chase, parent child relationship, friendship, father daughter relationship, couples, lesbian, nubile, sex scene, teenager, nubile girl ...
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
47K

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Teenage Mary Cummings, who has "been Born Again her whole life," is about to enter her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School near Baltimore with her Fundamentalist Christian friends Hilary Faye and Veronica, the three of whom ...
Style:
touching, witty, humorous, funny, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, coming of age, teenager, youth, friendship, gay, cheerleading, satire, atheism, hypocrisy ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, maryland, xian, baltimore, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
A thirty-seven-year-old woman wakes up from a twenty-year coma and returns to the high school where she was once a popular cheerleader to finish her senior year and become prom queen. The main plot is the empowerment of LGBTQ rights and progress ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, disturbing, satirical, psychological
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
school, satire, cheerleading, female protagonist, middle aged, ambitious woman, social problems, schoolgirl, middle aged woman, high school life, lifestyle, lifestyle change ...
Time:
2000s, 90s, year 1997, year 2002, 2020s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Flipped related movies

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, humorous, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, summer, teenage girl, first love, friendship, teenager, female friendship, teenage love, relationships, love story, self discovery, love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, greece, south carolina, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style:
touching, sincere, romantic, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, first love, youth, adolescence, mental illness, suicide, teenage life, depression, shyness ...
Time:
90s, year 1991, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
57K

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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 mom, Anne, ...
Style:
romantic, light, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
teenage love, teenage life, teen romance, high school life, youth, mother daughter relationship, love and romance, best friends, high school, coming of age, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
paris france, france, chicago illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
394K

Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Style:
light, feel good, funny, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, teenage girl, fish out of water, bullying, adolescence, popularity, teenage life, female protagonist, school, bad girl, jealousy ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
africa, california, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.
Style:
funny, light, humorous, psychological, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
popularity, social misfits, teenage girl, school, lgbt, teenager, coming of age, friendship, grownups, lesbian, teenage protagonist, student ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Also search:
Movies similar to 10 Things I Hate About You
69K

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style:
thought provoking, humorous, social, inspirational, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, friends, teenager, underage sex, self harm, friendship, foul language, gay slur ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
los angeles, california, spain, paris france, florida ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Style:
touching, light, thought provoking, melancholic, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, father daughter relationship, adolescence, school, friendship, teenager, high school, social media, middle school, teacher, insecurity, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
30K

Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, serious, touching, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, teenage girl, high school, youth, older man younger woman relationship, teenage life, teenager, high school life, crush, unfulfillment, depression ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Movie in collections
10K

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to ...
Style:
touching, mumblecore, disturbing, psychological, road movie ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
child molestation, murder, chase, friendship, 17 year old, sexual promiscuity, teenager, teenage girl, absent father, teenage boy, father daughter relationship, prison ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
paris france, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
Style:
road movie, touching, melancholic, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, friendship, gay, friends, female protagonist, on the road, happy ending, honest, teenage girl, sexpot ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, oklahoma, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Also search:
Shows like Gilmore Girls

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Freshly graduated from high school, Ana receives a full scholarship to Columbia University. Her very traditional, old-world parents feel that now is the time for Ana to help provide for the family, not the time for college.
Style:
touching, captivating, sentimental, clever, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, youth, first sex, culture clash, women, physical appearance, honest, working class, society, unsupportive parent, family business, dressmaker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, latin america, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Style:
humorous, feel good, melancholic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, car, friendship, small town, rock and roll, street racing, first love, love at first sight, unlikely friendships, destiny ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 70s, year 1962, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Style:
humorous, disturbing, semi serious, sincere, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenager, adolescence, family relations, eccentric family, teenage life, self discovery, single parent, sex aid, social differences, parents and children ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, tokyo, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Georgia Rule follows a rebellious, uncontrollable teenager who is hauled off by her dysfunctional mother to spend the summer with her grandmother. Her journey will lead all three women to revelations of buried family secrets and an understanding ...
Style:
melancholic, stylized, sincere, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, teenager, dysfunctional family, small town, family problems, parents and children, redemption, family relations, honest, secrets, confession, justice ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
idaho, san francisco, new jersey, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Justin, a teenager boy, throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Style:
emotional, humorous, witty, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, youth, addiction, teenager, depression, psychologist, self discovery, lifestyle, teenage life, drugs, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Subscribe for new and better recommendations:
Related movie lists