Movies Like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008)

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh is a 2008 adventure, comedy, drama film from Rawson Marshall Thurber with a MovieMagicScore of 4.1/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Graduate and Kicking and Screaming.

Adventure Comedy Drama

The Graduate

1967

A disillusioned college graduate finds himself torn between his older lover and her daughter.

7.6

MagicScore

Kicking and Screaming

1995

After college graduation, Grover's girlfriend Jane tells him she's moving to Prague to study writing. Grover declines to accompany her, deciding instead to move in with several friends, all of whom can't quite work up the inertia to escape their university's pull. Nobody wants to make any big decisions that would radically alter his life, yet none of them wants to end up like Chet, the professional student who tends bar and is in his tenth year of university studies.

6.2

MagicScore

The Last Summer

2019

Standing on the precipice of adulthood, a group of friends navigate new relationships, while reexamining others, during their final summer before college.

6.0

MagicScore

The Kissing Booth 3

2021

It’s the summer before Elle heads to college, and she has a secret decision to make. Elle has been accepted into Harvard, where boyfriend Noah is matriculating, and also Berkeley, where her BFF Lee is headed and has to decide if she should stay or not.

6.9

MagicScore

Summer of 8

2016

Eight close friends soak up their last day of summer together on the beach before parting ways for college.

6.1

MagicScore

Sex, Party and Lies

2009

A youth group is preparing for what will be the summer of their life, including secrets, lies, sex, confusion, evenings and holidays.

4.6

MagicScore

A Summer's Tale

1996

Awaiting his girlfriend Léna’s arrival at the Breton seaside resort of Dinard, Gaspard befriends—and flirts heavily with—two other women, the companionable ethnology student Margot and the sensual townie Solène, making for a rather complicated situation when Léna finally arrives.

7.4

MagicScore

Crows Zero II

2009

Genji and his victorious G.P.S. alliance find themselves facing down a new challenge by the students of Hosen Academy, feared by everyone as 'The Army of Killers.' The two schools, in fact, have a history of bad blood between them. And the simmering embers of hatred are about to flare up again, burning away any last remnants of the truce they had so rigorously observed until now.

7.2

MagicScore

The Bear

1988

An orphan bear cub hooks up with an adult male as they try to dodge human hunters.

7.1

MagicScore

#10

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

2005

Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first summer apart, the pals decide they'll swap the pants so that each girl in turn can enjoy the magic.

6.5

MagicScore

#11

Kattradhu Thamizh

2007

A young Tamil-postgraduate, frustrated with the circumstances and futility of his job, slowly loses his mental balance and becomes a sociopath.

7.3

MagicScore

#12

Say You Will

2017

A recent high school graduate cares for his mother and navigates his first relationship in the wake of his father's suicide.

6.1

MagicScore

#13

Wonder Boys

2000

Grady is a 50-ish English professor who hasn't had a thing published in years—not since he wrote his award winning 'Great American Novel' 7 years ago. This weekend proves even worse than he could imagine as he finds himself reeling from one misadventure to another in the company of a new wonder boy author.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

Getting Straight

1970

Graduate student Harry Bailey was once one of the most visible undergraduate activists on campus, but now that he's back studying for his master's, he's trying to fly right. Trouble is, the campus is exploding with various student movements, and Harry's girlfriend, Jan, is caught up in most of them. As Harry gets closer to finishing his degree, he finds his iconoclastic attitude increasingly aligned with the students rather than the faculty.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

The Rules of Attraction

2002

The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

The Sterile Cuckoo

1969

Uptight college freshman Jerry Payne finds a carefree friend in zany Pookie. After an awkward meeting on the bus, Pookie quickly works her way into Jerry's life. She makes an unannounced visit to Jerry's campus, and before long annoyance turns to affection, and friendship turns to romance. But with Pookie's increasingly neurotic behavior, how long can this love affair last?

5.4

MagicScore

#17

Call Me by Your Name

2017

In the summer of 1983, a 17-year-old Elio spends his days in his family's villa in Italy. One day Oliver, a graduate student, arrives to assist Elio's father, a professor of Greco-Roman culture. Soon, Elio and Oliver discover a summer that will alter their lives forever.

8.1

MagicScore

#18

Atonement

2007

As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.

7.6

MagicScore

#19

Windstorm

2013

While spending the summer at her grandmother's farm, a girl discovers a talent for communicating with horses and tries to tame a fierce stallion.

7.3

MagicScore

#20

It

2017

In a small town in Maine, seven children known as The Losers Club come face to face with life problems, bullies and a monster that takes the shape of a clown called Pennywise.

7.2

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh?

The top films similar to The Mysteries of Pittsburgh by MovieMagicScore are The Graduate (7.6), Kicking and Screaming (6.2), The Last Summer (6.0). Each shares adventure/comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Mysteries of Pittsburgh worth watching?

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh holds a MovieMagicScore of 4.1/10 from 52 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Mysteries of Pittsburgh?

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008) is a adventure, comedy, drama film directed by Rawson Marshall Thurber, starring Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard, Sienna Miller.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh?

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About movies like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

This ranked list pairs The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008), a adventure and comedy and drama film from Rawson Marshall Thurber, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Jon Foster take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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