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10 Best Movies Like Like the First Time

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

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#1
An Education

An Education

2009★ 6.9

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

Despite her sheltered upbringing, Jenny is a teen with a bright future; she's smart, pretty, and has aspirations of attending Oxford University. When David, a charming but much old...

#2
Summer '03

Summer '03

2018★ 5.8

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

16-year-old Jamie Winkle and her extended family are left reeling after her calculating grandmother unveils an array of secrets on her deathbed. As her family deals with her grandm...

#3
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

2008★ 6.5

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

Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be ...

#4
Submarine

Submarine

2011★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Like the First Time for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high scho...

#5
Smooth Talk

Smooth Talk

1985★ 6.3

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

Connie, the fifteen-year-old black sheep of her family, finds her summertime idyll of beach trips, mall hangouts, and innocent flirtations shattered by an encounter with a mysterio...

#6
Aftersun

Aftersun

2022★ 7.7

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

Sophie reflects on the shared joy and private melancholy of a holiday she took with her father twenty years earlier. Memories fill the gaps between camcorder footages as she tries ...

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