20 best movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)

List of the best movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986): Lemonade Mouth, The DUFF, Dirty Girl, Cheats, Ashby, Expelled, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, Terri, Three O'Clock High, Rushmore.

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Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, drama, musical, family, music
CountryUSA
Duration01:43

    The story follows five disparate high school students - Olivia, Mo, Charlie, Stella, and Wen who meet in detention. They realize they are destined to rock, and ultimately form a band that becomes a champion for students sidelined by the high school elite.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrecomedy, melodrama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:38

      Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's DUFF… and that's totally fine.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:30

      When Danielle is banished to special education because of her misbehavior, she joins Clarke on a road trip to discover themselves.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy
      CountryCanada, USA
      Duration01:29

      While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just so they can get a mark in some teacher's report book, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That's why Handsome and his three best friends Sammy, Victor and the cribsheet genius Applebee have banded together and found ways to cheat on their tests all through their school years.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:24

      When new kid in town Ed Wallis is given an assignment to interview an older person, he turns to his mysterious neighbor, Ashby Holt for help. That new connection leads to unexpected journeys for both of them, as Ashby – who turns out to be a retired CIA assassin – deals with a terminal prognosis, and Ed deals with adjusting to life with his newly single mom and developing relationship with a brainy classmate, Eloise.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:25

      Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:30

      Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:26

      Nerdy high schooler Jerry Mitchell is assigned to write an article for the school paper about the infamous new delinquent transfer student, Buddy Revell. When Jerry accidentally invades Buddy's personal space and touches him, Buddy challenges Jerry to an afterschool fight in the parking lot, which Jerry tries to avoid at all costs.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the teacher. However, the situation soon gets complicated when Max's new friend becomes involved with her, setting the two pals against one another in a war for her attention.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      Clifford Peach, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch money. Refusing to pay up, Clifford enlist the aid of an overgrown misfit whose mere presence intimidates students and teachers alike. But their "business relationship" soon turns personal as Clifford and the troubled loner forge a winning alliance against their intimidators - and a very special friendship with each other.

      Markimdb: 4.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:37

      In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, "accidentally" reads her teenage daughter's racy journal, she realizes just how wide their communication gap has grown.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:37

      Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      During the summer of 1999, a group of teenagers, through interconnected narratives, live through their last day of high school and prepare for the future. Holly, once the new girl in school, does whatever it takes to remain popular. Dawn, who is secretly a lesbian, battles drugs. Tori is the valedictorian of her class, but, on the eve of graduation, she decides to experiment with drugs for the first time.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Germany
      Duration01:33

      Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy
      CountryBelgium, USA

      It’s the ‘80s once again, new wave angst and genderbending fashion are all the rage, but new kid at school, Chance Marquis, is trying to find new ways to stand out. Being an odd and somewhat awkward teenager makes him the target of the school bully. To deal with this dilemma, Chance turns to the opposite ends of the high school spectrum for help. On one side is the flamboyant drag queen and at the other, the varsity jock, Levi Sparks with whom Chance develops a unique friendship.

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:32

      Teenage Mary Cummings, who has "been Born Again her whole life," is about to enter her senior year at American Eagle Christian High School near Baltimore with her Fundamentalist Christian friends Hilary Faye and Veronica, the three of whom have formed a girl group called the Christian Jewels. Everything seems perfect—until Mary’s "perfect Christian boyfriend" Dean tells her, as they’re swimming underwater, that he thinks he's gay.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:41

      A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.

      Markimdb: 5.8
      Genrecomedy, adventure
      CountryUSA, Mexico

      Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he is not quite sure where they are, and meets smugglers, crazy captains and murderers.

      Markimdb: 4.8
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, family, detective
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:23

      A young teenage girl, Katie, can not snap out of her depression after losing her mother. Katie has lost interest in school, her friends, and gymnastics. All that changes in the summer when she is asked to monkeysit Gibby, her science teacher's Capuchin monkey. Taking care of the monkey changes her life in a big way. Gibby's happy-go-lucky personality renews Katie's zest for life. Gibby helps her with gymnastics, renewing friendships (including finding a potential boyfriend) and overcoming her nemesis, a mean girl who is out to beat Katie at everything.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA

      The film tells the story of quick-witted teen Mark, contentedly living the same day in an endless loop whose world is turned upside-down when he meets mysterious Margaret also stuck in the time loop. Mark and Margaret form a magnetic partnership, setting out to find all the tiny things that make that one day perfect. What follows is a love story with a fantastical twist, as the two struggle to figure out how -- and whether -- to escape their never-ending day.

      Markimdb: 6.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:40

      A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Mexico
      Duration01:30

      After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrehorror, action, thriller, comedy, drama, crime
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:43

      High school senior Lily and her group of friends live in a haze of texts, posts, selfies and chats just like the rest of the world. So, when an anonymous hacker starts posting details from the private lives of everyone in their small town, the result is absolute madness leaving Lily and her friends questioning whether they'll live through the night.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Meet Joel Goodson, an industrious, college-bound 17-year-old and a responsible, trustworthy son. However, when his parents go away and leave him home alone in the wealthy Chicago suburbs with the Porsche at his disposal he quickly decides he has been good for too long and it is time to enjoy himself. After an unfortunate incident with the Porsche Joel must raise some cash, in a risky way.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrethriller, comedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:43

      A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.

      Markimdb: 5.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA

      Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:55

      From Spike Lee comes this vibrant semi-autobiographical portrait of a school-teacher, her stubborn jazz-musician husband and their five kids living in '70s Brooklyn.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most popular clique on campus. But she hits a major snag in her investigation -- not to mention her own failed love life -- when she falls for her dreamy English teacher, Sam Coulson.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:46

      Jake and Kristy Briggs are newlyweds. Being young, they are perhaps a bit unprepared for the full reality of marriage and all that it (and their parents) expect from them. Do they want babies? Their parents certainly want them to. Is married life all that there is? Things certainly aren't helped by Jake's friend Davis, who always seems to turn up just in time to put a spanner in the works.

      Markimdb: 3.4
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA

      An enterprising college student agrees to run his professor's Las Vegas car wash to avoid flunking out of school. But it's Vegas gone wild when he decides to staff it with gorgeous bikini-clad girls.

      Markimdb: 7.4
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, Canada
      Duration01:36

      A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:49

      The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.

      Markimdb: 4.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, musical, family, music
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:52

      It's almost graduation day for high school seniors Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Chad, Ryan and Taylor ― and the thought of heading off in separate directions after leaving East High has these Wildcats thinking they need to do something they'll remember forever. Together with the rest of the Wildcats, they stage a spring musical reflecting their hopes and fears about the future and their unforgettable experiences growing up together. But with graduation approaching and college plans in question, what will become of the dreams, romances, and friendships of East High's senior Wildcats?

      Markimdb: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      A sex therapist goes through puberty after the successful removal of a benign tumor resting against his pituitary gland. He experiences all the changes and effects of puberty over a three-week period.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:51

      A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his imaginary Superhero friend.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryUSA, China
      Duration02:33

      Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, drama, family
      CountryUSA

      The tale of a ten-year-old boy in a Catholic school who, following the death of his beloved grandfather, embarks on a quest to discover the meaning of life.

      Markimdb: 6.5
      Genrecomedy, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrethriller, comedy, drama
      CountryThailand
      Duration01:02

      Welcome to an exam-cheating business run by Lynn, a straight-A student who gets the idea for her business after helping Grace and Pat. Grace is a prominent school activist who can’t get the grades she needs. Pat is a filthy-rich boy who believes money can buy anything. Lynn’s business skyrockets and the money starts to flood in as scores of students offer her cold hard cash in exchange for exam answers.

      Markimdb: 6.7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.

      Markimdb: 7.6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:41

      A boy, obsessed with comparing himself with those less fortunate, experiences a different life at the home of his aunt and uncle in 1959 Sweden.

      Markimdb: 5
      Genrecomedy, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      Two neighbors have it out after one of them decorates his house for the holidays so brightly that it can be seen from space.

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryGermany, USA
      Duration02:26

      Leelee Sobieski is brash, abrasive and vulnerable as a teenage child of divorce who hides her pain behind a mask of hard-edged gothic rebellion. Albert Brooks plays a man who is her total opposite, a precise and well-ordered menswear store owner of forty-nine who manages limited expectations and protects lonely secrets with pleasant ritual and quiet, ironic reserve. These two total opposites collide in conflict then come together in a surprising alliance, changing each other's lives forever.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA

      Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman is starting a revolution. When the wild-eyed rebel journalist is ousted from his prep school's newspaper by its über-popular editor, Eddie fronts an underground movement to give a voice to all the misfits, outcasts, and nerds. Soon the power of the press is in Eddie's hands... but will he use it wisely?

      Markimdb: 7.2
      Genrecomedy, drama, adventure, crime
      CountryUSA
      Duration02:31

      Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

      Markimdb: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryMexico
      Duration01:46

      Set amidst the 1999 student strikes in Mexico City, this coming-of-age tale finds two brothers venturing through the city in a sentimental search for an aging legendary musician. Shot in black-and-white, Güeros brims with youthful exuberance.

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA, South Korea, China

      In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.




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