Movies Like The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

The Edge of Seventeen is a 2016 comedy, drama film from Kelly Fremon Craig with a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Lady Bird and Crush.

Comedy Drama

Lady Bird

2017

Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.

7.2

MagicScore

Crush

2022

When an aspiring young artist is forced to join her high school track team, she uses it as an opportunity to pursue the girl she's been harboring a long-time crush on. But she soon finds herself falling for an unexpected teammate and discovers what real love feels like.

7.4

MagicScore

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

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

1997

Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.

6.2

MagicScore

Welcome Home, Roxy Carmichael

1990

Movie star Roxy Carmichael is abandoning the bright lights of Hollywood, Calif. and returning to her small Ohio hometown -- at least long enough to dedicate a city building. And now the whole town of Clyde is bracing for Carmichael's return, most of all her now-married old flame Denton Webb and troubled teen Dinky Bossetti. An orphan with few friends, Dinky is convinced that Carmichael is her birth mother, and that the actress will reclaim her when she returns.

6.1

MagicScore

Suncoast

2024

While caring for her brother along with her audacious mother, a teenager strikes up an unlikely friendship with an eccentric activist who is protesting one of the most landmark medical cases of all time.

6.7

MagicScore

Chronicle

2012

Three high school students make an incredible discovery, leading to their developing uncanny powers beyond their understanding. As they learn to control their abilities and use them to their advantage, their lives start to spin out of control, and their darker sides begin to take over.

6.8

MagicScore

Mad Love

1995

Matt falls for Casey, the new girl in school. She's fun-loving and eccentric, but there's a darkness to her whimsy that Matt can't begin to comprehend. When Casey attempts to commit suicide, her parents place her in a mental institution. Matt springs her out, and together the young lovers head on a road trip. They believe their love can "cure" Casey's problems. Matt starts to wonder, though, if are they inspired or misguided.

5.2

MagicScore

How to Have Sex

2023

Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.

6.2

MagicScore

#10

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

2023

When her family moves from New York City to New Jersey, an 11-year-old girl navigates new friends, feelings, and the beginning of adolescence.

7.2

MagicScore

#11

Meet the Robinsons

2007

Lewis, a brilliant young inventor, is keen on creating a time machine to find his mother, who abandoned him in an orphanage. Things take a turn when he meets Wilbur Robinson and his family.

6.9

MagicScore

#12

Paranoid Park

2007

A teenage skateboarder becomes suspected of being connected with a security guard who suffered a brutal death in a skate park called "Paranoid Park".

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Good Boys

2019

A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest to fix their broken drone before their parents get home.

6.8

MagicScore

#14

The Fallout

2021

In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.

7.5

MagicScore

#15

Booksmart

2019

Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one night.

7.0

MagicScore

#16

Bird

2024

12-year-old Bailey lives with her single dad Bug and brother Hunter in a squat in North Kent. Bug doesn’t have much time for his kids, and Bailey, who is approaching puberty, seeks attention and adventure elsewhere.

7.2

MagicScore

#17

Palo Alto

2013

A lack of parental guidance encourages teens in an affluent California town to rebel with substance abuse and casual sex.

6.1

MagicScore

#18

Big Hero 6

2014

A special bond develops between plus-sized inflatable robot Baymax, and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends to form a band of high-tech heroes.

7.7

MagicScore

#19

I Saw the TV Glow

2024

Teenager Owen is just trying to make it through life in the suburbs when his classmate Maddy introduces him to a mysterious TV show — a vision of a supernatural world beneath their own. In the pale glow of the television, Owen’s view of reality begins to crack.

6.1

MagicScore

#20

How to Deal

2003

Halley is convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her crazed sister is planning a wedding but has second thoughts and her best friend has fallen madly in love for the first time leaving Halley to feel even more alone.

5.4

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Edge of Seventeen?

The top films similar to The Edge of Seventeen by MovieMagicScore are Lady Bird (7.2), Crush (7.4), I Like Movies (7.0). Each shares comedy/drama themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Edge of Seventeen worth watching?

The Edge of Seventeen holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.2/10 from 4,154 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is The Edge of Seventeen?

The Edge of Seventeen (2016) is a comedy, drama film directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Haley Lu Richardson.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Edge of Seventeen?

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 The Edge of Seventeen

This ranked list pairs The Edge of Seventeen (2016), a comedy and drama film from Kelly Fremon Craig, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Hailee Steinfeld 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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