Movies like Eighth Grade: 20 to watch next

If you loved Eighth Grade (2018) — a comedy and drama film directed by Bo Burnham — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of Eighth Grade most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like adolescence, identity crisis and coming of age. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
SubUrbia 1997★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
2
The Kings of Summer 2013★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Three restless teenagers run away to the woods for the summer, determined to escape their parents and live by their own rules. In a hidden clearing, they build a makeshift house and attempt to create an independent life, testing their friendship, freedom, and the challenges of living off the land.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
3
Moxie 2021★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
Stream in India on Netflix
4
Status Update 2018★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy
After being uprooted by his parents' separation and unable to fit into his new hometown, a teenager stumbles upon a magical app that causes his social media updates to come true.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Good Kids 2016★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy
Four high school students look to redefine themselves after graduation.
Stream in India on Plex
6
Thunderstruck 2012★ 6.2
Shares: Comedy
After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an important lesson.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Hala 2019★ 6.3
Shares: Drama
Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a secret that threatens to unravel her family.
Stream in India on Apple TV, Apple TV Amazon Channel
8
Chloe and Theo 2015★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A young woman, Chloe, living by her wits on the streets of New York City, has a chance meeting with a wise Inuit Eskimo, Theo, who was sent to New York by his elders to provide a message to the people of the world – We either change our destructive was or be destroyed by them. Chloe, who has been searching for something to believe in, becomes inspired by Theo and , with the help of a kind lawyer, Monica, the three of them present Theo’s story to the United Nations in hopes of creating a better future for all of us.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah 2023★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Stacy and Lydia are BFFs who've always dreamed about having epic bat mitzvahs. But things start to go comically awry when a popular boy and middle school drama threatens their friendship and their rite of passage.
Stream in India on Netflix
10
Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins 2008★ 6.0
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When a celebrated TV show host returns to his hometown in the South, his family is there to remind him that going home is no vacation!
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
Three Months 2022★ 7.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Caleb, a South Florida teen, loves his camera, his weed and his grandmother. On the eve of his high school graduation, everything changes when he's exposed to HIV. While he waits three months for his results, Caleb finds love in the most unlikely of places.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story 2003★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
Teen Spirit 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Drama
A shy teenager living on the Isle of Wight dreams of pop stardom. With the help of an unlikely mentor, she enters a singing competition that will test her integrity, talent, and ambition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
14
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. 2023★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.
Stream in India on Sony Liv, VI movies and tv, Sonyliv Amazon Channel
15
Slums of Beverly Hills 1998★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In 1976, a teenage girl struggles to cope while living with her neurotic lower-middle-class family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
16
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story 2005★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy
The maniacal baby of the Griffin family, Stewie, meets his future self. In doing this he discovers that his future image is not what he has anticipated because of a near death experience.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Welcome to the Dollhouse 1996★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
Dear Eleanor 2016★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Two teenage girls travel across the U.S. in 1962, during the chaos of the Cuban missile crisis, in search of Eleanor Roosevelt.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Lady Bird 2017★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
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 college.
Stream in India on MUBI, MUBI Amazon Channel
20
The Hoax 2006★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In what would cause a fantastic media frenzy, Clifford Irving sells his bogus biography of Howard Hughes to a premiere publishing house in the early 1970s.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now