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10 Best Movies Like Art School Confidential

If you loved Art School Confidential, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Guarding Tess

Guarding Tess

1994★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Art School Confidential for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Doug is a Secret Service Agent who has just completed his stint in charge protecting Tess Carlisle—the widow of a former U.S. President, and a close personal friend of the current ...

#2
Running with Scissors

Running with Scissors

2006★ 5.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Art School Confidential for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Young Augusten Burroughs absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father and an unstable mother, he's handed off to his mother's therapist...

#3
Songs from the Second Floor

Songs from the Second Floor

2000★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Art School Confidential for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A monumental traffic jam serves as the backdrop for the lives of the inhabitants of a Swedish city....

#4
Stakeout

Stakeout

1987★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Art School Confidential for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two detectives observe an escaped convict's ex-girlfriend, but complications set in when one of them falls for her....

#5
American Splendor

American Splendor

2003★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Art School Confidential for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

An original mix of fiction and reality illuminates the life of comic book hero everyman Harvey Pekar....

#6
Human Nature

Human Nature

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Art School Confidential for fans of Comedy & Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Obsessive scientist Nathan and his lover, the naturalist Lila, discover Puff: a man born and raised in the wild. As Nathan trains the wild man in the civilized ways of the world, L...