Movies Like Kicking and Screaming (1995)

Kicking and Screaming is a 1995 comedy, drama, romance film from Noah Baumbach with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with I Like Movies and The Graduate.

Comedy Drama Romance

I Like Movies

2023

Socially inept 17-year-old cinephile Lawrence Kweller gets a job at a video store, where he forms a complicated friendship with his older female manager.

7.0

MagicScore

The Graduate

1967

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

7.6

MagicScore

The Mysteries of Pittsburgh

2008

Based on Michael Chabon's novel, the film chronicles the defining summer of a recent college graduate who crosses his gangster father and explores love, sexuality, and the enigmas surrounding his life and his city.

4.1

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

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

Clerks

1994

Convenience and video store clerks Dante and Randal are sharp-witted, potty-mouthed and bored out of their minds. So in between needling customers, the counter jockeys play hockey on the roof, visit a funeral home and deal with their love lives.

7.4

MagicScore

Bleeder

1999

Two stories for the price of one: a video store clerk tries to get acquainted with a waitress; a man beats his pregnant wife, unaware that her brother is a violent racist.

6.7

MagicScore

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

#10

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

#11

Freshman Orientation

2004

A bored college student sees a prime opportunity to score with a hot coed who has made the assumption that he is gay, and he decides to play along when she follows her sorority leader's assignment to seduce then cut loose a series of misfits and losers.

5.1

MagicScore

#12

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

#13

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

#14

Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College

1990

A college teacher brings the little creatures back to his campus, where they proceed to terrorize the faculty and students.

5.2

MagicScore

#15

All-American Murder

1991

Artie Logan is the new guy on Campus. Suddenly, he meets Tally Fuller: the most popular and beautiful girl at Fairfield college and she finally agrees to go on a date with him. But that night she is brutally killed by a blowtorch-wielding maniac and Artie is wrongfully arrested. Despite protests from other Police officers, detective P.J. Decker believes Artie's story and gives him 24 hours to track down the real killer.

4.0

MagicScore

#16

Scream 2

1997

Two years after the first series of murders, as Sidney Prescott acclimates to college life, someone donning the Ghostface costume begins a new string of killings.

6.5

MagicScore

#17

Kristy

2014

When a college girl who is alone on campus over the Thanksgiving break is targeted by a group of outcasts, she must conquer her deepest fears to outwit them and fight back.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Final Exam

1981

In a small college in North Carolina, only a select few students are left to take mid terms. But, when a killer strikes, it could be everyone's final exam.

5.1

MagicScore

#19

Emergency

2022

Ready for a night of legendary partying, three college students must weigh the pros and cons of calling the police when faced with an unexpected situation.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

22 Jump Street

2014

After making their way through high school (twice), big changes are in store for officers Schmidt and Jenko when they go deep undercover at a local college. But when Jenko meets a kindred spirit on the football team, and Schmidt infiltrates the bohemian art major scene, they begin to question their partnership. Now they don't have to just crack the case - they have to figure out if they can have a mature relationship. If these two overgrown adolescents can grow from freshmen into real men, college might be the best thing that ever happened to them.

6.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Kicking and Screaming?

The top films similar to Kicking and Screaming by MovieMagicScore are I Like Movies (7.0), The Graduate (7.6), The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (4.1). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Kicking and Screaming worth watching?

Kicking and Screaming holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 226 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Kicking and Screaming?

Kicking and Screaming (1995) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Noah Baumbach, starring Josh Hamilton, Olivia d'Abo, Chris Eigeman.

Where can I find more recommendations like Kicking and Screaming?

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

Keep exploring

Movies like I Like Movies Movies like The Graduate Movies like The Mysteries of Pittsburgh Movies like Liberal Arts Movies like Outside Providence Movies like Going Greek

About movies like Kicking and Screaming

This ranked list pairs Kicking and Screaming (1995), a comedy and drama and romance film from Noah Baumbach, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Josh Hamilton 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.

← Back to Kicking and Screaming