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10 Best Movies Like The First Grader

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

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#1
First Match

First Match

2018★ 6.4

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

Hardened by years in foster care, a teenage girl from Brooklyn’s Brownsville neighborhood decides that wrestling boys is the only way back to her estranged father....

#2
Extreme Movie

Extreme Movie

2008★ 4.4

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

A sketch comedy movie about the joys and embarrassments of teen sex. But mostly the embarrassments....

#3
Away and Back

Away and Back

2015★ 6.1

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

Jack Peterson, a widowed father of three young children, encounters Ginny Newsom, a wildlife biologist, whose mission is tracking trumpeter swans, a family of which settle in a pon...

#4
The Little Queen

The Little Queen

2014★ 6.1

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

Julie, star cyclist, is two races away from winning the World Cup. It is the culmination of years of effort. Julie loves the spotlight. Her entourage too. Encouraged by her coach a...

#5
Happiness

Happiness

1998★ 7.4

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

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate se...

#6
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

2007★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The First Grader for fans of Family. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Molly Mahoney is the awkward and insecure manager of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium—the strangest, most fantastic and most wonderful toy store in the world. After Mr. Magorium bequ...