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10 Best Movies Like Jani Be Good

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

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#1
As Cool as I Am

As Cool as I Am

2013★ 5.8

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

A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers....

#2
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002★ 6.1

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

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee...

#3
LOL

LOL

2012★ 6.1

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

In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbear...

#4
Bastard Out of Carolina

Bastard Out of Carolina

1996★ 7.2

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

A poor, struggling South Carolinian mother and daughter face painful choices with their resolve and pride. Bone, the eldest daughter, and Anney her tired mother, grow both closer a...

#5
Hellion

Hellion

2014★ 5.9

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

When motocross and heavy metal obsessed, 13-year-old Jacob's delinquent behavior forces CPS to place his little brother Wes with his aunt, Jacob and his emotionally absent father m...

#6
Hala

Hala

2019★ 6.3

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

Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a...

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