20 movies like If..., ordered by similarity : Song for a Raggy Boy(2003), Mes Petites Amoureuses(1974), Goodbye, Mr. Chips(1939), Mauvaises fréquentations(1999), Another Country(1984), What Will People Say(2017), Palo Alto(2013), Laggies(2014), Wild Reeds(1994), Maedchen in Uniform(1931), Lady Bird(2017), Juno(2007) ...
Drama
UK
1968
111 Minutes
Malcolm McDowell David Wood Richard Warwick Robert Swann Christine Noonan Arthur Lowe Mona Washbourne Graham Crowden Simon Ward
anti-hero teenager headmaster prefect girlfriend boyfriend intense shocking england boarding school school disillusionment sex growing up wretched excess 1960s
In this allegorical story, a revolution led by pupil Mick Travis takes place at an old established private school in England.
Drama
Ireland|UK|Denmark|Spain
2003
98 Minutes
Aidan Quinn Iain Glen Marc Warren Dudley Sutton Alan Devlin Stuart Graham John Travers Chris Newman
school principal schoolboy schoolteacher prefect irishman teacher friend rival bully intense sad emotional endearing ireland school teaching school abuse sadism courage
The true story of a single teacher's courage to stand up against an untouchable prefect's sadistic disciplinary regime and other abuse in a Catholic Reformatory and Industrial School in 1939 Ireland.
Comedy, Drama
France
1974
123 Minutes
Martin Loeb Ingrid Caven Jacqueline Dufranne Vincent Testanière Roger Rizzi Anne Stroka
boy mother mother's boyfriend grandmother friend girl endearing calm tender striking south of france paris apartment school bicycle shop coming of age adolescence desire loneliness family
A study of minor events in the adolescence of a boy growing up in small towns. Daniel lives with his grandmother and, after one year of high school, has to go to live with his mother in the... See full summary »
Drama
UK
1939
114 Minutes
Robert Donat Greer Garson Terry Kilburn John Mills Paul Henreid Judith Furse Lyn Harding Milton Rosmer Frederick Leister Louise Hampton Austin Trevor
teacher suffragette friend student heartwarming boarding school classroom england austria school love war transformation growing up 1930s
An aged teacher and former headmaster of a boarding school recalls his career and his personal life over the decades.
Drama
France
1999
98 Minutes
Maud Forget Lou Doillon Micheline Presle Ariane Ascaride Robinson Stévenin Maxime Mansion Delphine Rich François Berléand Cyril Cagnat Dan Martin
high-school student friend boyfriend girlfriend teen girl teen boy emotional dark melodramatic hedonistic school party france nightclub sexual awakening friendship relationships first love loss of innocence prostitution
Delphine is a sweet innocent young girl, her new best friend pulls her into a world where she falls in love with a local pretty boy. Working her hardest to make him love her drags her into prostitution.
Drama
UK
1984
90 Minutes
Rupert Everett Colin Firth Michael Jenn Robert Addie Rupert Wainwright Cary Elwes Tristan Oliver Frederick Alexander Adrian Ross Magenty Geoffrey Bateman Philip Dupuy
student homophobe marxist headmaster emotional shocking inspiring england school school suicide homosexuality friendship bullying rivalry forbidden love 1930s
Based on the life of the young Guy Burgess, who would become better known as one of the Cambridge Spies.
Drama
Norway|Germany|Sweden|France|Denmark
2017
106 Minutes
Maria Mozhdah Adil Hussain Ekavali Khanna Rohit Saraf Ali Arfan Sheeba Chaddha Lalit Parimoo Nokokure Dahl Isak Lie Harr Jannat Zubair Rahmani Freddy Singh
teen girl friend boyfriend father mother family member tense emotional uneasy raw norway house school pakistan party bedroom family relationships culture culture shock
The story of Nisha, daughter of a Pakistani-Norwegian family, who is kidnapped to Pakistan by her parents when her father finds her in bed with a man.
Drama
USA
2013
97 Minutes
James Franco Emma Roberts Nat Wolff Zoe Levin Claudia Levy Olivia Crocicchia Jack Kilmer Chris Messina Micah Nelson Andrew Lutheran Bo Mitchell
teenager classmate friend football coach heartwarming emotional intense melodramatic high school party room coming-of-age identity teen romance high school depression sex growing up metamorphosis love
An unflinching portrait of adolescent lust, boredom, and self-destruction that centers around a shy young girl on the cusp of an illicit relationship with her soccer coach.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
USA
2014
100 Minutes
Keira Knightley Chloë Grace Moretz Sam Rockwell Ellie Kemper Mark Webber Jeff Garlin Gretchen Mol Kaitlyn Dever Daniel Zovatto Jodi Thelen Dylan Arnold
woman boyfriend classmate girl friend teacher amusing charming cheeky quirky grocery store house bedroom school office car growing up life responsibility love
In the throes of a quarter-life crisis, Megan panics when her boyfriend proposes, then, taking an opportunity to escape for a week, hides out in the home of her new friend, 16-year-old Annika, who lives with her world-weary single dad.
Drama
France
1994
110 Minutes
Élodie Bouchez Gaël Morel Stéphane Rideau Frédéric Gorny Michela Moretti Jacques Nolot Eric Kreikenmayer Nathalie Vignes Michel Ruhl Fatia Maite Elodie Soulinhac
student farmer communist teacher friend brooding emotional france boarding school homosexuality awakening love triangle discovery growing up 1960s
The fates of two homosexual partners are divided.
Drama
1931
90 Minutes
Hertha Thiele Dorothea Wieck Emilia Unda
teenager teacher student headmistress melodramatic emotional boarding school germany family home classroom homosexuality forbidden love scandal school growing up love 1930s
A student (Hertha Thiele) falls in love with her teacher (Dorothea Wieck) at a strict Prussian girls school.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2017
94 Minutes
Saoirse Ronan Laurie Metcalf Timothée Chalamet Lucas Hedges Tracy Letts Odeya Rush Jake McDorman Beanie Feldstein Lois Smith Stephen McKinley Henderson Jordan Rodrigues
mother daughter teenager high-school student best friend teacher father moving uplifting playful california high school catholic school sacramento, calif. family home university united states prom mother/daughter relationship coming of age
In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.
Comedy, Drama
USA
2007
96 Minutes
Elliot Page Michael Cera Jennifer Garner Jason Bateman Allison Janney J.K. Simmons Olivia Thirlby Rainn Wilson
teenager stepmother boyfriend friend teacher musician playful creative witty touching school hospital household suburbia pregnancy abortion divorce disillusionment music discovery
Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding the unborn child.
Drama
UK|USA
2009
100 Minutes
Peter Sarsgaard Carey Mulligan Alfred Molina Dominic Cooper Rosamund Pike Olivia Williams Emma Thompson Cara Seymour Matthew Beard Sally Hawkins
teacher teenager friend love interest cheater thief emotional touching london school paris suburbia romance deception marriage education travel money discovery love
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Horror, Drama
Sweden
2015
83 Minutes
Felice Jankell Helena af Sandeberg Molly Nutley Amalia Holm Bjelke Fanny Klefelt Rebecka Nyman Marie Senghore Ulrika Ellemark Johan Ehn
friend young girl teen girl enemy shocking melodramatic outlandish tense thrilling boarding school sweden boarding-school life teen culture teenage rebellion rivalry horror revenge payback fighting rivalry
Drama
Canada
2018
94 Minutes
Josh Wiggins Darren Mann Taylor Hickson Maria Bello Kyle MacLachlan Niamh Wilson Hailey Kittle Peter Outerbridge Stephanie Moore Kiana Madeira Olivia Scriven
best friend girlfriend mother father partygoer tense emotional touching intense high school party swimming pool house classroom convenience store friendship love growing up teen romance teen culture
Two popular teen boys, best friends since childhood, discover their lives, families, and girlfriends dramatically upended after an unexpected incident occurs on the night of a 17th birthday party.
Drama
USA
2018
104 Minutes
Carey Mulligan Jake Gyllenhaal Ed Oxenbould Bill Camp Zoe Colletti Travis W. Bruyer Darryl Cox Mollie Milligan
teen boy golfer housewife firefighter mother friend bleak emotional tense intricate raw montana forest school house car small town mother/child relationship father/child relationship marriage
A teenage boy must deal with his mother's complicated response after his father temporarily abandons them to take a menial and dangerous job.
Comedy, Romance, Drama
USA|Mexico
2016
97 Minutes
Thomas Mann Lily Mae Harrington Ely Henry Marin Ireland Lachlan Buchanan Nikki Massoud Shannon Hartman Sylvia Kates
high-school student young woman friend girlfriend emotional confident passionate offbeat high school prom house party hospital growing up romance physical appearance physical disability growing up love pursuit
A charming romance develops between a boy with one eye and an overweight girl, though when she loses her weight after going to college, their relationship is tested in devastating ways they never dreamed would happen.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
Germany
2004
98 Minutes
Robert Stadlober Kostja Ullmann Alicja Bachleda-Curus Miriam Morgenstern Tristano Casanova Marlon Kittel Hanno Koffler Jürgen Tonkel Joseph M'Barek Alexa Maria Surholt Jeff Fischer
teenager boy girl friend charming emotional winsome tender summer camp germany bavaria sexual orientation jealousy growing up love teen romance love growing up 2000s
A close friendship between two crew teammates is tested when one slowly discovers he's gay and attracted to the other.
Drama, Music, Comedy
UK|USA|France
2019
114 Minutes
Viveik Kalra Hayley Atwell Rob Brydon Kulvinder Ghir Nell Williams Aaron Phagura Meera Ganatra Dean-Charles Chapman Sally Phillips
teenager father mother friend love interest teacher powerful uplifting inspiring hilarious cheeky england high school house bedroom new york city bruce springsteen music growing up culture
In England in 1987, a teenager from an Asian family learns to live his life, understand his family and find his own voice through the music of American rock star Bruce Springsteen.
Drama
2012
96 Minutes
Elliott Tittensor Nico Mirallegro Emilia Clarke Lesley Manville Jordan Murphy Chris Coghill Matthew McNulty Michael Socha Antonia Thomas Danny Cunningham Nick Blood
teen boy teen girl friend band member teenager love interest brash charming confident cool hedonistic madcap manchester, england high school bus open road school auditorium music festival friendship
Teenage musicians (Elliott Tittensor, Nico Mirallegro) travel to England's Spike Island in the hope of attending an outdoor performance by their favorite band, the Stone Roses.