Movies like Erin's Guide to Kissing Girls

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   Ellie and Abbie (and Ellie's Dead Aunt)

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 83 min · Comedy · Romance

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   School captain Ellie is seriously crushing on her rebellious classmate Abbie. Determined to ask her first love to the year 12 formal, Ellie devises a plan to go public with the invitation but before she can go through with it, her dead aunt Tara reappears from beyond the grave. Believing she's been brought back from the dead to be Ellie's fairy godmother, Tara dishes out unwanted dating advice based on her life as an out lesbian in the '80s.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong genre and movie-style overlap
   • shared themes: coming of age and lgbt teen

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   The Half of It

   Strong story similarity

   2020 · 104 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   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.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: coming of age and lgbt teen
   • shared coming of age movie style

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   Chasing Summer

   Similar atmosphere

   2026 · 90 min · Comedy · Drama · Romance

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   After losing both her job and boyfriend, Jamie retreats to her small Texas hometown where friends and flings from a fateful high school summer turn her life upside down.

   Why it connects

   • shared coming of age movie style
   • substantial genre overlap
   • a closely matched era

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   Eighth Grade

   Strong story similarity

   2018 · 94 min · Comedy · Drama

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   Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared coming of age movie style
   • shared theme: coming of age

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   Booksmart

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   2019 · 102 min · Comedy

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   Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.

   Why it connects

   • shared coming of age movie style
   • shared theme: coming of age
   • a closely matched era

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   She's the He!

   Strong story similarity

   2026 · 81 min · Comedy

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   Before graduation, Ethan and Alex pose as trans women in a last ditch effort to quell gay rumors. It's all a joke until Ethan realizes: she really is trans. The two must reckon with their changing friendship, coming out, and coming-of-age.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • strong shared themes: coming of age and lgbt teen
   • shared coming of age movie style

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   Princess Cyd

   Strong story similarity

   2017 · 96 min · Drama · Romance

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   High school athlete Cyd Loughlin lives alone with her depressive father in South Carolina, perpetually longing to get away from it all. When her aunt, famous novelist Miranda Ruth, agrees to host her for a few weeks during the summer, Cyd jumps at the opportunity. While there, she falls for a girl in the neighborhood, even as she and her aunt gently challenge each other in the realms of sex and spirit.

   Why it connects

   • strong story and style similarity
   • shared coming of age movie style
   • shared theme: coming of age

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   The Edge of Seventeen

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   2016 · 105 min · Comedy · Drama

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

   Why it connects

   • shared themes: coming of age and romcom
   • shared coming of age movie style

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   Golden Delicious

   Similar atmosphere

   2022 · 120 min · Drama · Romance

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   When a hot, openly gay new neighbour moves in across the street, high school senior Jake is forced to think about what - and who - he really wants.

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   • shared themes: coming of age and lgbt teen
   • shared coming of age movie style
   • a closely matched era

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    Young Hearts

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    2024 · 99 min · Drama · Romance

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    14-year-old Elias increasingly feels like an outsider in his village. When he meets his new neighbour of the same age, Alexander, Elias is confronted with his burgeoning sexuality.

    Why it connects

    • shared themes: coming of age and lgbt teen
    • shared coming of age movie style
    • a closely matched era

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