20 best movies like The Party 2 (1982)

List of the best movies like The Party 2 (1982): Sing Street, Stuck in Love, The Bélier Family, The Late Bloomer, She's Having a Baby, Picture This, Lucas, The French Kissers, Submarine, Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging.

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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: 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: 7.3
Genrecomedy, drama, music
CountryFrance, Belgium
Duration01:46

The whole Bélier family is deaf, except for sixteen year old Paula who is the important translator in her parents' day to day life especially when it comes to matters concerning the family farm. When her music teacher discovers she has a fantastic singing voice and she gets an opportunity to enter a big Radio France contest the whole family's future is set up for big changes.

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: 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: 5.3
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:39

Bookish and unpopular Mandy finds her luck finally changing when Drew, the school hottie, invites her to the year's biggest party. But with being grounded and Drew's ex-girlfriend bent on thwarting her, Mandy may be destined to remain a geek. Can a little ingenuity and some help from her friends save the 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: 6.4
Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
CountryFrance

A coming-of-age tale about an adolescent boy and his efforts to fit in amongst a varied cast of characters.

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: 6.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:40

    Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around her hilarious journal entries, prepare to be engulfed in the world of the soaring joys and bottomless angst of being a teenager.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, adventure
    CountryFrance, USA
    Duration01:48

    A young American girl and a young French boy meet in Paris and fall in love, with the assistance of an old man and his stories.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy, drama, family
    CountryFrance, Greece
    Duration01:28

    After his wife died a man refuses to go out and doesn't want to talk to his only son. Life has no meaning for him. One day his son finds a baby pelican and decides to leave the bird at home. Pelican helps the boy find his father again and revive him back to life ...

    Markimdb: 4.3
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA, France
    Duration01:30

    A man is reluctant to tell his fiancee that his parents, uncle and brother are dwarfs.

    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: 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: 6.6
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
    CountryCanada

    A chance meeting between two strangers who share a disdain for Christmas results in The Mistletoe Promise, a pact to help them navigate their holiday complications - together. But as they spend more time with each other and experience the magic of Christmas the phony couple discovers there may be more to their contract than business.

    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: 6.4
    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: 7.1
    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: 7.6
      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
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountrySweden
      Duration01:25

      Simon has Asperger's syndrome and doesn't like changes in his life. He lives with his big brother Sam and Sam's girlfriend Frida. When Frida can't stand having to adapt to Simon's peculiarities anymore she takes off, leaving Simon with having to find a new, perfect, girlfriend for his brother.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:28

      Marianne leaves Abel for Paul, his best friend and the father of her unborn child. Eight years later, Paul dies and Marianne returns to Abel. However, things have changed for the both of them and feelings of jealousy surround their new relationship.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryJapan
      Duration00:30

      Erika Shinohara (Fumi Nikaido) is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her "boyfriend." In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn't have a boyfriend. Erika's friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata (Kento Yamazaki) and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountrySweden, Denmark

      The summer of '58, the year Sweden almost won the world championship in soccer over Brazil, Yngve Johansson accepts two children to live with him during the summer, as told through the eyes of a young boy. His name is Mårten, and the other child's name is Annika. She is a rough girl, with many problems. The three of them do not get along, and Yngve is a true dictator to the children's eyes. However, when the children discover that their new guardian has a crush on their teacher (Cecilia Nilsson), they do what they can to bring the two together. Soon enough, the three will discover that they have a lot more in common than they previously imagined, and together they can make their lives worth living again. This is a sweet story about life in Sweden in the mid 1900's. It is about family, love, hate, innocent friendship that we all can relate to, and much, much more...

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:41

      Louise, a widow with two children, almost crushes a stranger with her car. She takes care of him, even if he's not really wounded. It turns out that he has mental disorders and that they can help each other much more than they thought.

      Markimdb: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:55

      Camille was only sixteen and still in high school when she fell in love with Eric, another student. They later married and a child and were happy for a while. But now twenty-five years have passed and Eric leaves her for a younger woman. Bitter and desperate Camille drinks so much liquor at a New Year Eve's party that she falls into an ethylic coma and she finds herself... propelled into her own past! Camille is sixteen again when she wakes up this morning, her parents are not dead anymore and she must go to school, where she will meet her schoolmates and, of course, Eric. Is she going to fall for him again and... be miserable twenty-five years later? Or will she avoid him with the result never having her beloved daughter? Who ever said that time traveling was fun?

      Markimdb: 7
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, music
      CountryNorway

      A strong, human tale about a boy growing up with an alcoholic father, but also an energetic story about teenage lust, pain and passion – about liberation and redemption.

      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: 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: 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: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance
      Duration02:10

      Pierre, a professional dancer, suffers from a serious heart disease. While he is waiting for a transplant which may (or may not) save his life, he has nothing better to do than look at the people around him, from the balcony of his Paris apartment.

      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: 7.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountrySweden, Denmark
      Duration01:29

      Åmål is a small insignificant town where nothing ever happens, where the latest trends are out of date when they get there. Young Elin has a bit of a bad reputation when it comes to guys, but the fact is that she has never done it. Another girl in her school, Agnes, is in love with her but is too shy to do anything about it. For different reasons, Elin ends up at Agnes' birthday party as the only guest. They have a girl's night out together but after that Elin desperately avoids Agnes, refusing to even consider her own homosexuality.

      Markimdb: 6.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:36

      Four young people navigate the suburban wonderland of metro-Detroit looking for love and adventure on the last weekend of summer.

      Markimdb: 6
      Genrecomedy, drama
      CountryAustralia, United Kingdom

      There are dysfunctional families... and then there are the Conways. After a family tragedy, 15-year-old Billy Conway has become the de facto glue between his bitter mom, distant brother, and stoic dad. But when Billy starts to act out, everything changes for him and his family

      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: 5.5
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:49

      This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile

      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: 5.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:39

      Vada Sultenfuss has a holiday coming up, and an assignment: to do and essay on someone she admires and has never met. She decides she wants to do an assignment on her mother, but quickly realises she knows very little about her. She manages to get her father to agree to let her go to LA to stay with her Uncle Phil and do some research on her mother.

      Markimdb: 5.3
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryFrance
      Duration01:25

      Three generations of a French family open up about their sexual experiences and desires after young Romain is caught masturbating in his biology class.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:42

      A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the unforgettable friends that help us through life.

      Markimdb: 6.8
      Genrecomedy, melodrama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:35

      Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, Dave and Aubrey find themselves at the same party. When both head outside to get some air, they meet. A casual conversation sparks an instant connection, and, over the course of a weekend, things turn magical, romantic, complicated, and funny as Aubrey and Dave discover what it's like to fall in love for the first time.

      Markimdb: 5.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:47

      Angie lives in the Bensonhurst section of Brooklyn, N.Y. and dreams of a better life than everyone she knows. When she finds that she is pregnant by her boyfriend Vinnie, she decides that she will have the baby, but not Vinnie as a husband. This turns the entire neighborhood upside down and starts her on a journey of self discovery. This journey includes her family, a new lover and her life. Even her best friend Tina has trouble understanding Angie. Written by Tony Fontana

      Markimdb: 6.4
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryItaly, France, United Kingdom
      Duration02:05

      The story of a normal Italian family in which come out the dreams of those who have lost their possibilities and of those who want to realize them. Carlo and Giulia are a married couple who have each given up their aspirations in order to live an average life. Their 19-year-old son, Paolo, is having trouble finding an identity, while their 18-year-old daughter, Valentina, has already figured out how to use sex to her advantage. The family goes through a crisis when Carlo begins having an affair, Giulia attempt to seduce the director of a local stage production she is in, and Valentina does what she does best to land an audition for a TV show

      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: 6.2
      Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
      CountryFrance, Italy

      A Parisian teacher (Lino Ventura) loses his cool when his teenage daughter tells him she plans to drop out of school and move in with her boyfriend.

      Markimdb: 5.9
      Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration01:29

      As a child, Michael Walker wished every day could be Christmas. That is, until a tragic accident crushed his holiday spirit. Thirty years later, Michael still can't muster any joy for the holidays, despite encouragement from his playful wife and well-intentioned parents. But when his young son faces a tragedy, Michael needs to make amends with his past. A mysterious man named Nick gives Michael a gift and instills in him the courage to find the joy that he lost.

      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: 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: 5.6
      Genremelodrama, drama
      CountryDenmark
      Duration01:22

      When Laura and Christine meet Maria, their friendship takes an intense turn to vulnerability, love and sex.




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