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10 Best Movies Like Pretty in Pink

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

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#1
Sixteen Candles

Sixteen Candles

1984★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pretty in Pink for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

With the occasion all but overshadowed by her sister's upcoming wedding, angst-ridden Samantha faces her 16th birthday with typical adolescent dread. Samantha pines for studly olde...

#2
Can't Buy Me Love

Can't Buy Me Love

1987★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pretty in Pink for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for...

#3
Some Kind of Wonderful

Some Kind of Wonderful

1987★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pretty in Pink for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Keith Nelson, an artsy high school outcast, tries to land a date with popular girl Amanda Jones with some help from his tomboy best friend, Watts. However, Watts realizes she likes...

#4
The Breakfast Club

The Breakfast Club

1985★ 7.7

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

Five high school students from different walks of life endure a Saturday detention under a power-hungry principal. The disparate group includes rebel John, princess Claire, outcast...

#5
Weird Science

Weird Science

1985★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Pretty in Pink for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Two unpopular teenagers, Gary and Wyatt, fail at all attempts to be accepted by their peers. Their desperation to be liked leads them to "create" a woman via their computer. Their ...

#6
Cry Freedom

Cry Freedom

1987★ 7.0

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

A dramatic story, based on actual events, about the friendship between two men struggling against apartheid in South Africa in the 1970s. Donald Woods is a white liberal journalist...