Movies Like Oh Lucy! (2018)

Oh Lucy! is a 2018 comedy, drama, romance film from Atsuko Hirayanagi with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Up the Down Staircase and Calendar Girl.

Comedy Drama Romance

Up the Down Staircase

1967

Sylvia, a novice schoolteacher, is hired to teach English in a high school, but she’s met with an apathetic faculty, a delinquent student body and an administration that drowns its staff in paperwork. The following days go from bad to worse as Sylvia struggles to reach her most troubled students.

7.0

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Calendar Girl

1993

Three young men go on an end of the summer trip to Hollywood, California. Their quest: to fulfill the fantasy of meeting Marilyn Monroe.

5.1

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Shot Caller

2017

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

7.0

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The Sea of Trees

2016

In Japan's Aokigahara Forest, a troubled teacher meets a mysterious lost stranger who takes him on a life-changing journey of love and redemption.

6.2

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Ingrid Goes West

2017

Ingrid becomes obsessed with a social network star named Taylor Sloane who seemingly has a perfect life. But when Ingrid decides to drop everything and move west to be Taylor's friend, her behaviour turns unsettling and dangerous.

6.4

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Moontide

1942

After a drunken night out, a longshoreman thinks he may have killed a man.

6.3

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The Forest

2016

Set in the Aokigahara Forest, a real-life place in Japan where people go to end their lives. Against this backdrop, a young American woman comes in search of her twin sister, who has mysteriously disappeared.

5.2

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3 Women

1977

Two co-workers, one a vain woman and the other an awkward teenager, share an increasingly bizarre relationship after becoming roommates.

7.1

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The English Teacher

2013

Small-town Pennsylvania schoolteacher Linda Sinclair balances her staid home life with an incredible passion for her subject. Then a former star pupil reenters her life after failing as a playwright in New York City. Seeing in his script the inspiration that she has always longed to instill in her students, this dyed-in-the-wool romantic enlists the help of long-suffering drama teacher Carl to mount the work as the high school’s next and riskiest production.

5.6

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#10

Living Is Easy with Eyes Closed

2013

Spain, 1966. An English teacher who travels to Almería when he hears that John Lennon is making a film there befriends with a 16-year-old boy who has run away from home and a young girl who also seems to be running away from something.

6.7

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#11

Anna and the King of Siam

1946

In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.

6.0

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#12

The Whale

2022

A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

7.8

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#13

Carry On Teacher

1959

When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!

6.3

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#14

Blue Car

2003

Meg is a gifted but emotionally scarred 18-year-old who finds solace in writing poetry. Mr. Auster, her English teacher, recognizes her talent and encourages her to enter a national poetry contest. As tension at home escalates and Meg struggles to find a way to get to the poetry finals in Florida, Auster's role in her life becomes increasingly complex.

6.2

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#15

From Prada to Nada

2011

Two spoiled Beverly Hills sisters who have been left penniless after their father's sudden death are forced to move in with their estranged aunt in East Los Angeles.

5.4

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#16

Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

2015

Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to unravel when his mother forces him to befriend a classmate with leukemia.

7.5

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#17

Operation Petticoat

1959

A World War II submarine commander finds himself stuck with a damaged sub, a con-man executive officer, and a group of army nurses.

7.2

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#18

The King of Staten Island

2020

Scott has been a case of arrested development ever since his firefighter father died when he was seven. He's now reached his mid-20s having achieved little, chasing a dream of becoming a tattoo artist that seems far out of reach. As his ambitious younger sister heads off to college, Scott is still living with his exhausted ER nurse mother and spends his days smoking weed, hanging with the guys — Oscar, Igor and Richie — and secretly hooking up with his childhood friend Kelsey. But when his mother starts dating a loudmouth firefighter named Ray, it sets off a chain of events that will force Scott to grapple with his grief and take his first tentative steps toward moving forward in life.

7.0

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#19

The Rose Tattoo

1955

A grieving widow embarks on a new romance when she discovers her late husband had been cheating on her.

6.8

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#20

Long Shot

2019

Journalist Fred Flarsky reunites with his childhood crush, Charlotte Field, now one of the most influential women in the world. As she prepares to make a run for the Presidency, Charlotte hires Fred as her speechwriter — much to the dismay of her trusted advisers.

6.7

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Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Oh Lucy!?

The top films similar to Oh Lucy! by MovieMagicScore are Up the Down Staircase (7.0), Calendar Girl (5.1), Shot Caller (7.0). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Oh Lucy! worth watching?

Oh Lucy! holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 98 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Oh Lucy!?

Oh Lucy! (2018) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Atsuko Hirayanagi, starring Shinobu Terajima, Soseki Yamatoya, Miyu Yagyu.

Where can I find more recommendations like Oh Lucy!?

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 Oh Lucy!

This ranked list pairs Oh Lucy! (2018), a comedy and drama and romance film from Atsuko Hirayanagi, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Shinobu Terajima 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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