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10 Best Movies Like Howard High

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

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#1
Pure Country 2: The Gift

Pure Country 2: The Gift

2010★ 6.7

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

Three angels bestow the gift of song to a young girl, who must follow a series of rules in order hold on to it during her rise to fame and fortune....

#2
Battle of the Year

Battle of the Year

2013★ 6.8

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

A down-on-his-luck coach is hired to prepare a team of the best American dancers for an international tournament that attracts all the best crews from around the world, but the Ame...

#3
Fat Kid Rules The World

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012★ 6.7

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

A dropout comes to the aid of a chubby and suicidal high-school kid by recruiting him as the drummer for his upstart punk-rock band....

#4
El Chicano

El Chicano

2019★ 6.6

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

A pair of twin brothers from East L.A. choose to live their lives differently and end up on opposite sides of the law....

#5
Norman

Norman

2010★ 6.1

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

A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness....

#6
Spectacular!

Spectacular!

2009★ 6.5

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

A high school choir is fading in popularity, as it continues to lose most of its' members one by one. A wannabe rock singer is convinced to join the choir, in hopes of winning the ...

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