Movies like The History Boys

20 movies like The History Boys, ordered by similarity : A Taste of Honey(1961), Freak Show(2017), A Single Man(2009), Unlovable(2018), Lady Bird(2017), Almost Adults(2016), Transamerica(2005), Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist(2008), Hera Pheri(1975), People Will Talk(1951), The Jane Austen Book Club(2007), Booksmart(2019) ...

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The History Boys

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

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A Taste of Honey

A pregnant teenage girl must fend for herself when her mother remarries, leaving the girl with only a new male friend for support.

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Freak Show

Follows the story of teenager Billy Bloom who, despite attending an ultra conservative high school, makes the decision to run for homecoming queen.

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A Single Man

An English professor, one year after the sudden death of his boyfriend, is unable to cope with his typical days in 1960s Los Angeles.

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Unlovable

A sex and love addicted woman learns what real intimacy is when she starts making music with a reclusive man.

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Lady Bird

In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California.

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Almost Adults

A film about growing apart when growing up. Two best friends relationship strains when one deals with her newfound sexuality and the other with breaking up with her long term boyfriend.

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Transamerica

A preoperative transgender woman takes an unexpected journey when she learns that she fathered a son, now a teenage runaway hustling on the streets of New York.

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Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist

High school student Nick O'Leary, member of the Queercore band The Jerk Offs, meets college-bound Norah Silverberg when she asks him to be her boyfriend for five minutes.

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Hera Pheri

Two friends Ajay and Vijay gets separated from each other when they discover secrets about their past in their own ways.

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People Will Talk

A doctor's unconventional theories of medicine and relationship with a young student place his reputation in jeopardy.

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The Jane Austen Book Club

Six Californians start a club to discuss the works of Jane Austen, only to find their relationships -- both old and new -- begin to resemble 21st century versions of her novels.

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Booksmart

On the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best friends realize they should have worked less and played more. Determined not to fall short of their peers, the girls try to cram four years of fun into one night.

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Juno

Faced with an unplanned pregnancy, an offbeat young woman makes an unusual decision regarding the unborn child.

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Trainspotting

Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.

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Love, Simon

Simon Spier keeps a huge secret from his family, his friends and all of his classmates: he's gay. When that secret is threatened, Simon must face everyone and come to terms with his identity.

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The Boys in the Band

Tempers fray and true selves are revealed when a heterosexual accidentally intrudes on a homosexual party.

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Notes on a Scandal

A veteran high school teacher befriends a younger art teacher, who is having an affair with one of her fifteen-year-old students. However, her intentions with this new "friend" also go well beyond a platonic friendship.

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A Beautiful Now

A beautiful dancer balances on the razor's edge between reality and fantasy as she asks her friends to help her figure out the passions and relationship that have shaped who they are and who they will become.

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As Good as It Gets

A single mother and waitress, a misanthropic author, and a gay artist form an unlikely friendship after the artist is assaulted in a robbery.

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The Perks of Being a Wallflower

An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.

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