Movies like The Wackness: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Wackness (2008) — a drama, comedy and romance film directed by Jonathan Levine — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Wackness most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like coming of age, marijuana and summer. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Real Women Have Curves 2002★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
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
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Strictly Sexual 2008★ 6.1
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Two successful women, sick and tired of dating and relationships, decide to keep two young men in their pool house for strictly sexual purposes.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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XX/XY 2002★ 6.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Three friends begin a dangerous three-way relationship that spirals out of control, leading to dire consequences that haunt them ten years later.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Extracurricular Activities 2019★ 6.1
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
The outrageous life of Reagan Collins, a model high school student with a "killer" after-school job that involves arranging “accidents” for his classmates' parents. When seasoned police detective Cliff Dawkins starts putting the pieces together, it's a battle of wits to see if Reagan can keep business booming.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Just Before I Go 2015★ 6.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Ted Morgan has been treading water for most of his life. After his wife leaves him, Ted realizes he has nothing left to live for. Summoning the courage for one last act, Ted decides to go home and face the people he feels are responsible for creating the shell of a person he has become. But life is tricky. The more determined Ted is to confront his demons, to get closure, and to withdraw from his family, the more Ted is yanked into the chaos of their lives. So, when Ted Morgan decides to kill himself, he finds a reason to live.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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How to Please a Woman 2022★ 6.3
Shares: Romance, Comedy, Drama
When her all-male house-cleaning business gets out of control, a mature woman must embrace her own sexuality, if she is to make a new life for herself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Oh, Ramona! 2019★ 5.8
Shares: Comedy, Romance
Oh, Ramona! seeks the transformation of Andrew from a teenager into an adult who lives candidly and selflessly his first love story, innocent and uninvolved, alternating with the second, intense and insane story, incapable of making a choice.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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ATL 2006★ 7.0
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dazed and Confused 1993★ 7.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama
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 weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Last Summer 2019★ 6.0
Shares: Romance, Comedy
Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.
Stream in India on Netflix
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The Big Picture 1989★ 5.9
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Hollywood beckons for recent film school grad Nick Chapman, who is out to capitalize on the momentum from his national award-winning student film. Studio executive Allen Habel seduces Nick with a dream deal to make his first feature, but once production gets rolling, corporate reality begins to intervene: Nick is unable to control a series of compromises to his high-minded vision, and it's all he can do to maintain his integrity in the midst of filmmaking chaos.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Father of the Bride 1950★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she announces her engagement through to the wedding itself, we learn of all the surprises and disasters along the way.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Night Owls 2015★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
After workaholic Kevin has a drunken one night stand with the beautiful train-wreck Madeline, he's horrified to discover that she's actually his boss' jilted ex-mistress. When she takes a bottle of sleeping pills, Kevin is forced to keep her awake... and over the course of the night the two begin to fall for each other.
Stream in India on MGM Plus Amazon Channel
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Skin 2019★ 6.9
Shares: Drama, Romance
A destitute young man, raised by racist skinheads and notorious among white supremacists, turns his back on hatred and violence to transform his life, with the help of a black activist and the woman he loves.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Best You Can 2025★ 7.0
Shares: Comedy, Romance, Drama
Cynthia Rand is a buttoned-up New Yorker married to a brilliant professor 25 years her senior. She begins feeling the effects of her husband’s advancing age on their relationship, just as her world is turned upside down by the arrival of sharp but chronically underachieving security guard Stan Olszewski in this smart rom-com that reunites Bacon and Sedgwick on screen for the first time in 20 years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Giant Mechanical Man 2012★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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(Untitled) 2009★ 6.3
Shares: Drama, Comedy, Romance
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporary art.
Stream in India on Tubi TV, Plex
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Nothing Like the Holidays 2008★ 6.3
Shares: Comedy, Drama, Romance
It’s Christmastime and the far-flung members of the Rodriguez family are converging at their parents’ home in Chicago to celebrate the season and rejoice in their youngest brother’s safe return from combat overseas.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Fitting In 2024★ 6.5
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A teenage girl gets diagnosed with a reproductive condition that upends her plans to have sex and propels her into exploring unusual methods to have a sex life, challenging her relationships with everyone in her life, but most importantly, herself.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Newness 2017★ 6.1
Shares: Romance, Drama
In contemporary Los Angeles, two millennials navigating a social media–driven hookup culture begin a relationship that pushes both emotional and physical boundaries.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now