
Movies that feel likeThe Spectacular Now (2013)
If you loved The Spectacular Now, the closest films we have are It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010), Licorice Pizza (2021) and Love, Simon (2018). All three share The Spectacular Now's witty and playful feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is A Summer's Tale (1996).
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If The Spectacular Now hit the spot, these will too

Both keep coming back to the same thing: growing up
The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

Common ground: growing up

The same mix in both: wit, then play

Contemplative and romantic in the same breath

Both land tenderness and wistfulness at once

Witty comedy in both cases

The same preoccupation in both: teenager


Romance with a pulse of stillness, in both cases


One thread runs through both: high school student
The difference: Takes it somewhere less romantic than The Spectacular Now does

Both are built on the same subject: high school student
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