Movies Like Kids in America (2005)

Kids in America is a 2005 comedy, drama film from Josh Stolberg with a MovieMagicScore of 5.4/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Dear White People and Liberal Arts.

Comedy Drama

Dear White People

2014

Four college students attend an Ivy League college where a riot breaks out over an "African-American" themed party thrown by white students. With tongue planted firmly in cheek, the film explores racial identity in 'post racial' America while weaving a story about forging one's unique path in the world.

6.1

MagicScore

Liberal Arts

2012

Newly single, 35, and uninspired by his job, Jesse Fisher worries that his best days are behind him. But no matter how much he buries his head in a book, life keeps pulling Jesse back. When his favorite college professor invites him to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance.

6.5

MagicScore

Reuben, Reuben

1983

A drunken Scottish poet who has not written a word in years feels compelled to regain control of his life and work after meeting a beautiful young woman.

6.2

MagicScore

Doctor G

2022

Uday Gupta, a medical college student wanted to specialise in Orthopaedic, but is stuck in an all-female class of Gynaecology. Will he change his department, or will the department change him?

6.2

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

Outside Providence

1999

In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.

5.8

MagicScore

Going Greek

2001

Loner freshman Jake Taylor is forced to join the wildest fraternity on campus when the frat brothers refuse to accept his geeky cousin/roommate unless Jake agrees to pledge with him. As the semester progresses, Jake struggles to maintain his grades as well as his affair with Paige, a beautiful sophomore who hates all fraternities. Through naked scavenger hunts, sorority ass-signings and all night

4.5

MagicScore

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1966

A history professor and his wife entertain a young couple who are new to the university's faculty. As the drinks flow, secrets come to light, and the middle-aged couple unload onto their guests the full force of the bitterness, dysfunction, and animosity that defines their marriage.

7.7

MagicScore

Ditto

2000

In this endearing supernatural love story spanning two decades, a university student finds himself communicating with a female classmate from the same school through an antique ham radio.

6.8

MagicScore

#10

Repentance

1987

The day after his funeral, the corpse of Varlam Aravidze, the mayor of a small Georgian town, turns up in his son's garden. Although it is secretly reburied, the corpse keeps returning until the police capture the local woman who is responsible. This woman says that Varlam should never be laid to rest since his Stalin-like reign of terror led to the disappearance of her family and friends.

7.0

MagicScore

#11

Proof

2005

Catherine is a woman in her late twenties who is strongly devoted to her father, Robert, a brilliant and well-known mathematician whose grip on reality is beginning to slip away. As Robert descends into madness, Catherine begins to wonder if she may have inherited her father's mental illness along with his mathematical genius.

6.3

MagicScore

#12

Things Behind the Sun

2001

A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.

5.9

MagicScore

#13

Drillbit Taylor

2008

Dealing with a sociopathic school bully, three high school freshmen hire a low-budget bodyguard to protect them, not realizing he is just a homeless beggar and petty thief looking for some easy cash.

5.8

MagicScore

#14

The Dirties

2013

The line between reality and fiction starts to blur when two best friends start making a movie about getting revenge on bullies.

6.4

MagicScore

#15

Longhorns

2011

Back in 1982, a Texas University student who is curious about the male sex fantasies he's been having, decides he needs to hook up with an out gay student on campus.

5.7

MagicScore

#16

The Nutty Professor

1996

When beautiful Carla Purty joins the university faculty, genetic professor Dr. Sherman Klump grows desperate to whittle his 400-pound frame down to size and win her heart. So, with one swig of his experimental fat-reducing serum, Sherman becomes 'Buddy Love', a fast-talking, pumped-up, plumped down Don Juan.

5.7

MagicScore

#17

Little Red Flowers

2006

Liang is a four-year-old little rebel, possessed of a pair of luminous eyes and a precociously indomitable will. His father deposits him at a well-appointed residential kindergarten in post-1949 Beijing, since his parents are often away. Life at the kindergarten appears rich and colourful, made up of a variety of cheerfully sunny rituals and games meant to train these children to be good members of society.

6.2

MagicScore

#18

Bickford Shmeckler's Cool Ideas

2006

When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.

5.5

MagicScore

#19

The Curve

1998

Two roommates plan to kill a third to take advantage of college policy giving a 4.0 grade to a suicide's roommates.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

The Roommate

2011

When Sara, a young design student from Iowa, arrives for college in Los Angeles, she is eager to fit in and get to know the big city. Her wealthy roommate, Rebecca, is more than eager to take Sara under her wing and show her the ropes. The two become close, but when Sara begins to branch out and make more friends on campus, Rebecca becomes resentful. Alarmed, Sara moves in with her new boyfriend, causing Rebecca's behavior to take a violent turn.

5.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Kids in America?

The top films similar to Kids in America by MovieMagicScore are Dear White People (6.1), Liberal Arts (6.5), Reuben, Reuben (6.2). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Kids in America worth watching?

Kids in America holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.4/10 from 46 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Kids in America?

Kids in America (2005) is a comedy, drama film directed by Josh Stolberg, starring Gregory Smith, Caitlin Wachs, Stephanie Sherrin.

Where can I find more recommendations like Kids in America?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more comedy recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Kids in America

This ranked list pairs Kids in America (2005), a comedy and drama film from Josh Stolberg, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Gregory Smith 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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