20 best movies like Rushmore (1998)

List of the best movies like Rushmore (1998): The Late Bloomer, It's Kind of a Funny Story, Flipped, The Wackness, Lucas, Charlie Bartlett, That's What I Am, The Spectacular Now, Harold and Maude, Ashby.

Tags: movies similar to Rushmore (1998) - full list

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: 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: 7.7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:30

When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.

Markimdb: 6.9
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:39

Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctors daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.

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: 6.9
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: 7
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:41

A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.

Markimdb: 7.1
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

    A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:31

    The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is having the time of her life. When the two opposites meet they realize that their differences don’t matter and they become best friends and love each other.

    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: 7.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:37

    An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

    Markimdb: 5.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:33

    Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental institution. Matt springs her out, and together the young lovers head on a road trip. They believe their love can "cure" Casey's problems. Matt starts to wonder, though, if are they inspired or misguided.

    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: 6.1
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:33

      Amy, a naive college graduate who believes she's destined to be a great poet, begrudgingly accepts a job at a sex shop while she pursues a mentorship with reclusive writer Rat Billings.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
      Duration01:37

        15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar problems arise in his relationship with Jordana.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:31

        Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial celebration, Nicole and Chase find that the one they always wanted was closer than they ever thought.

        Markimdb: 5.8
        Genredrama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:02

        A drama teacher's taboo relationship with an unstable student strikes a nerve in her jealous classmate, sparking a vengeful chain of events within their suburban high school that draws parallels to 'The Crucible'.

        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: 6
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:28

        Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as she thinks, while her best friend Polly falls in love with baseball player Zoo Knudsen.

        Markimdb: 5.7
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration02:41

        It's Hollywood, 1958. Small town beauty queen and devout Baptist virgin Marla Mabrey, under contract to the infamous Howard Hughes, arrives in Los Angeles. At the airport, she meets her driver Frank Forbes, who is engaged to be married to his seventh grade sweetheart and is a deeply religious Methodist. Their instant attraction not only puts their religious convictions to the test, but also defies Hughes' number one rule: No employee is allowed to have any relationship whatsoever with a contract actress. Hughes' behavior intersects with Marla and Frank in very separate and unexpected ways, and as they are drawn deeper into his bizarre world, their values are challenged and their lives are changed.

        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: 5.5
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:42

        Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who's convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her crazed sister is planning a wedding but has second thoughts and her best friend has fallen madly in love for the first time leaving Halley to feel even more alone.

        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: 7.8
        Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
        CountryUSA
        Duration01:30

          Set on an island off the coast of New England in the summer of 1965, Moonrise Kingdom tells the story of two twelve-year-olds who fall in love, make a secret pact, and run away together into the wilderness. As various authorities try to hunt them down, a violent storm is brewing off-shore – and the peaceful island community is turned upside down in more ways than anyone can handle.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA

          Dorian realizes he is gay in his final year of high school. He meets another gay youth locally, but remains confused. He starts therapy, then resorts to confession in the Church, and finally comes out to his brother. Dorian then decides to come out to his father; he gets kicked out of the house.

          Markimdb: 6.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:26

          A sudden loss disrupts Carol’s orderly life, propelling her into the dating world for the first time in 20 years. Finally living in the present tense, she finds herself swept up in not one, but two unexpected relationships that challenge her assumptions about what it means to grow old.

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

          Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.

          Markimdb: 7.9
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
          CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom
          Duration02:36

          A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.

          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: 6.8
          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: 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: 8
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryHungary
          Duration01:24

          A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.

          Markimdb: 6.9
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA

          Shy, straight-A student Ellie is hired by sweet but inarticulate jock Paul, who needs help wooing the most popular girl in school. But their new and unlikely friendship gets tricky when Ellie discovers she has feelings for the same girl.

          Markimdb: 6.4
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration01:36

          In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.

          Markimdb: 7.7
          Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
          CountryUSA
          Duration02:00

            After spending eight months in a mental institution, a former teacher moves back in with his parents and tries to reconcile with his ex-wife.

            Markimdb: 7.3
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:40

            A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad hanging in the balance, Diane must find a way to make both men happy.

            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: 6.3
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA

            Senior year of high school takes center stage as Lara Jean returns from a family trip to Korea and considers her college plans — with and without Peter.

            Markimdb: 7.1
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:38

            A mentally ill young woman finds her love in an eccentric man who models himself after Buster Keaton.

            Markimdb: 6.9
            Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:25

            Three magazine employees head out on an assignment to interview a guy who placed a classified ad seeking a companion for time travel.

            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
            Genrecomedy, drama
            CountryUSA
            Duration01:42

              A young boy whose parents just divorced finds an unlikely friend and mentor in the misanthropic, bawdy, hedonistic, war veteran who lives next door.

              Markimdb: 7
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryRepublic of Ireland, United Kingdom, USA, Belgium

              Eddie and Amber decide to stage a relationship in order to stop everyone speculating about their sexuality. Eddie is keen to follow his dad into the military, while Amber dreams of moving to the liberal hub of London. The plan seems solid, but as their arrangement begins to fall apart, Eddie’s denial gets deeper as Amber realizes that a perilous future awaits her best friend unless she intervenes.

              Markimdb: 6.3
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:49

              Soon-to-be-wed graduate student Finn Dodd develops cold feet when she suspects her fiancé is cheating on her. In order to clear her head, Finn visits her grandmother, Hy, and great aunt, Glady Joe Cleary, in Grasse, Calif. There, Finn learns that Hy and Glady Joe are members of a group of passionate quilters, and over the course of her visit she is regaled with tales of love and life by women who have collected rich experiences and much wisdom.

              Markimdb: 6.8
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:52

              Minnie Goetze is a 15-year-old aspiring comic-book artist, coming of age in the haze of the 1970s in San Francisco. Insatiably curious about the world around her, Minnie is a pretty typical teenage girl. Oh, except that she’s sleeping with her mother’s boyfriend.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:30

              Weekend trips, office parties, late night conversations, drinking on the job, marriage pressure, biological clocks, holding eye contact a second too long… you know what makes the line between “friends” and “more than friends” really blurry? Beer.

              Markimdb: 6.5
              Genrecomedy, melodrama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:33

              1956: The shy Jonathan's luck with girls changes when he wins the rebellious Gene as a friend in his last year of high school. Gene is adored by many girls and manages to teach Jonathan a few lessons. Gene himself would rather just be with one girl: his girlfriend Bunny. But since his father is poor, her parents don't accept him.

              Markimdb: 6.1
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, crime, music
              CountryUSA

              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.

              Markimdb: 7.3
              Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
              CountryUSA
              Duration01:43

              Jim McAllister, a well-liked high school government teacher, can't help but notice that successful student Tracy Flick uses less than ethical tactics to get what she wants. When Tracy runs for school president, Jim feels that she will be a poor influence on the student body and convinces Paul, a dim-witted but popular student athlete, to run against Tracy. When she becomes aware of Jim's secret involvement in the race, a bitter feud is sparked.

              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.




              MoviesList