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10 Best Movies Like Young People

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

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#1
Metal Lords

Metal Lords

2022★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young People for fans of Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

For teenage misfits Hunter and Kevin, the path to glory is clear: Devote themselves to metal. Win Battle of the Bands. And be worshipped like gods....

#2
High School Musical

High School Musical

2006★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young People for fans of Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A popular high school athlete and an academically gifted girl get roles in the school musical and develop a friendship that threatens East High's social order....

#3
Drumline

Drumline

2002★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young People for fans of Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A talented street drummer from Harlem enrolls in a Southern university, expecting to lead its marching band's drumline to victory. He initially flounders in his new world, before r...

#4
Drumline: A New Beat

Drumline: A New Beat

2014★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Young People for fans of Music & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A girl from New York attends a college in Atlanta to join their once-famous marching band....

#5
Thunderstruck

Thunderstruck

2012★ 6.1

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

After NBA star Kevin Durant switches talent with 16 year old Brian, the teenager becomes the star of his high school team, but Durant starts struggling and eventually learns an imp...

#6
Let's Make Love

Let's Make Love

1960★ 6.4

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

When billionaire Jean-Marc Clement learns that he is to be satirized in an off-Broadway revue, he passes himself off as an actor playing him in order to get closer to the beautiful...

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