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10 Best Movies Like I Want Candy

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

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#1
Fat Kid Rules The World

Fat Kid Rules The World

2012★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to I Want Candy for fans of Drama & Comedy. 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....

#2
Uncorked

Uncorked

2020★ 6.1

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

Elijah must balance his dream of becoming a master sommelier with his father's expectations that he carry on the family's Memphis BBQ joint....

#3
CQ

CQ

2001★ 5.9

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

A young filmmaker in 1960s Paris juggles directing a cheesy sci-fi debacle, directing his own personal art film, coping with his crumbling relationship with his girlfriend, and a n...

#4
Juniper

Juniper

2021★ 6.5

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

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his lif...

#5
ATL

ATL

2006★ 6.9

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

As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskati...

#6
The House of Tomorrow

The House of Tomorrow

2019★ 6.8

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

The film tells futurist, architect, and inventor R. Buckminster Fuller's incredible story through two teens hoping to get laid, become punk gods, and survive high school....

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