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10 Best Movies Like Popular Boy

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

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#1
Sex Appeal

Sex Appeal

2022★ 6.6

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

Avery, a teenager with a tendency towards perfectionism, enlists her friend Larson to help her prepare for her first time with her long-distance boyfriend....

#2
A Nice Girl Like You

A Nice Girl Like You

2020★ 5.8

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

Lucy Neal is thrown for a loop when she is accused of being too inhibited by her ex-boyfriend. In an effort to prove him wrong, Lucy creates a rather wild to-do list that sends her...

#3
Dean

Dean

2016★ 5.8

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

A comedy about loss, grief, and the redemptive power of love. Dean is a NY illustrator who falls hard for an LA woman while trying to prevent his father from selling the family hom...

#4
What's Love Got to Do with It?

What's Love Got to Do with It?

2023★ 6.0

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

Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged ...

#5
Adventures in Public School

Adventures in Public School

2018★ 6.3

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

A socially-awkward, home-schooled kid forces his way into public school against his suffocating, but loving, mother's wishes....

#6
Out of the Blue

Out of the Blue

2013★ 6.0

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

Andrea is a handsome and cocky 38-year old man with a successful business career. Shallow, womanizing and a confirmed bachelor, his life seems to be just perfect... until the day h...

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