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10 Best Movies Like First Day High

If you loved First Day High, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Open Season

Open Season

2006★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Day High for fans of Family & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely...

#2
Titanic

Titanic

1997★ 7.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Day High for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé. Meanwhile, Jack Dawson and...

#3
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood

2019★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Day High for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie indust...

#4
Joker

Joker

2019★ 8.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Day High for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure....

#5
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Day High for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....

#6
Batman Begins

Batman Begins

2005★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to First Day High for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Driven by tragedy, billionaire Bruce Wayne dedicates his life to uncovering and defeating the corruption that plagues his home, Gotham City. Unable to work within the system, he i...