Movies like The Last Bell: 20 to watch next

If you loved The Last Bell (2023) — a film directed by Via Lubeck — these 20 movies are the closest matches.

The first picks are what fans of The Last Bell most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres. 6 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.

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1
Suncoast 2024★ 6.7
While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.
Stream in India on VI movies and tv
2
Hamnet 2025★ 7.7
The powerful story of love and loss that inspired the creation of Shakespeare's timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
Stream in India on Lionsgate Play Apple TV Channel, Lionsgate Play Amazon Channel
3
Thirteen 2003★ 6.7
When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins to take a heavy toll on her and her family.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
4
Restless 2011★ 6.5
Two outsiders, both shaped by the circumstances that have brought them together, forge a deep and lasting love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
5
Black or White 2015★ 6.8
A grieving widower is drawn into a custody battle over his granddaughter, whom he helped raise her entire life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
6
Hello Sister, Goodbye Life 2006★ 6.1
A college student must take care of her 7-year-old half sister after the death of their parents.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
7
Patrick 2018★ 6.7
A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
8
Now Is Good 2012★ 7.3
A girl dying of leukemia compiles a list of things she'd like to do before passing away. Topping the list is her desire to lose her virginity.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
9
Real Women Have Curves 2002★ 6.1
In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee the small, rundown family-owned textile factory.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
10
Summer '03 2018★ 5.8
16-year-old Jamie Winkle and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed. As her family deals with her grandmother's surprising dying messages, Jamie sets out to make the most of her summer and explores her sexuality.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
11
The Chalk Garden 1964★ 7.2
The peculiar antics of Laurel, an emotionally troubled young girl, are the focus of The Chalk Garden – a stately household drama set on the cliffs of the English south coast. Edith Evans plays a matriarchal grandmother who, in raising her granddaughter, has neglected her other love – a barren chalk garden. Mayhem ensues as Laurel's behavior frightens away a succession of governesses until an enigmatic one is hired in spite of her mysterious references. She skillfully sets about tending to the girl's reckless emotions and the pitifully failed garden.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
12
According to Greta 2009★ 6.0
Dumped on her grandparents for the summer by her indifferent mother, acerbic and self-destructive teenager Greta disrupts the elderly couple's staid life on the Jersey Shore. Eventually, a romance helps Greta face down her demons.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
13
Head Full of Honey 2018★ 6.3
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.
Stream in India on Netflix
14
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging 2008★ 6.5
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.
Stream in India on Netflix
15
Life in a Year 2020★ 8.2
A 17 year old finds out that his girlfriend is dying, so he sets out to give her an entire life, in the last year she has left.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
16
Things We Lost in the Fire 2007★ 6.6
A recent widow invites her husband's troubled best friend to live with her and her two children. As he gradually turns his life around, he helps the family cope and confront their loss.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
17
Juniper 2021★ 6.5
When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his life around.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
18
The Short History of the Long Road 2019★ 7.3
Nola grew up living in a van with her father, Clint—two nomads against the world. When tragedy strikes, Nola must confront the reality of life on the road alone, learning to own her grief, her past, and her new destination.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
19
Blackbird 2019★ 6.7
A terminally ill mother invites her family to their country house for one final gathering, but tensions quickly boil over between her two daughters.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
20
The Fallout 2021★ 7.5
In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now