Movies Like Licorice Pizza (2021)

Licorice Pizza is a 2021 comedy, drama, romance film from Paul Thomas Anderson with a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Edge of Seventeen and Dazed and Confused.

Comedy Drama Romance

Edge of Seventeen

1999

1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.

6.5

MagicScore

Dazed and Confused

1993

The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum when his football coach demands he sign a "no drugs" pledge.

7.3

MagicScore

Your Name Engraved Herein

2020

In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.

7.8

MagicScore

14+

2015

Alex glides his mouse tenderly over online images of Vika. He has been smitten ever since he saw her with her friends and cannot get her out of his head. Unfortunately, Vika is beyond Alex’s reach because he's not welcome in her neighborhood. Nonetheless, Alex sneaks into a disco at her school and finds up the courage to ask her to dance. Moments are intense as Alex feels infatuation for the first time.

6.9

MagicScore

Foxes

1980

A group of friends come of age in the asphalt desert of the San Fernando Valley, as set to a blazing soundtrack and endless drinking, drugs and sex.

5.9

MagicScore

Blue Is the Warmest Color

2013

Adèle's life is changed when she meets Emma, a young woman with blue hair, who will allow her to discover desire, to assert herself as a woman and as an adult. In front of others, Adele grows, seeks herself, loses herself, finds herself.

7.1

MagicScore

Genesis

2019

Three teenagers are shaken up by their first loves in the turmoil of their youth. At a time when others are conforming, they stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free.

6.2

MagicScore

Beautiful Thing

1996

Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, where three teenagers edge towards adulthood.

7.2

MagicScore

Hot Gimmick: Girl Meets Boy

2019

A quiet teen's life is shaken up when she's forced to be her arrogant neighbor's slave. He loves her, but they both have a lot to learn about trust.

5.9

MagicScore

#10

Flower

2017

Rebellious, quick-witted Erica Vandross is a 17-year-old firecracker living with her single mom, Laurie, and her mom's new boyfriend, Bob, in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. When Bob's mentally unbalanced son, Luke, arrives from rehab to live with the family, Erica finds her domestic and personal life overwhelmed. With Luke and her sidekicks Kala and Claudine in tow, Erica acts out by exposing a high school teacher's dark secret.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

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

#12

Priscilla

2023

When teenage Priscilla Beaulieu meets Elvis Presley at a party, the man who is already a meteoric rock-and-roll superstar becomes someone entirely unexpected in private moments: a thrilling crush, an ally in loneliness, a vulnerable best friend.

6.8

MagicScore

#13

Three Steps Above Heaven

2010

Story of two young people who belong to different worlds. It is the chronicle of a love improbable, almost impossible but inevitable dragging in a frantic journey they discover the first great love. Babi is a girl from upper-middle class that is educated in goodness and innocence . Hache is a rebellious boy, impulsive, unconscious, has a appetite for risk and danger embodied in endless fights and illegal motorbike races, the limit of common sense

7.7

MagicScore

#14

The Apprentice

2024

A young Donald Trump, eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn, the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn sees in Trump the perfect protégé—someone with raw ambition, a hunger for success, and a willingness to do whatever it takes to win.

6.9

MagicScore

#15

I Want You

2012

The sexy Gin is the new love of Hache, but this can not forget his former girlfriend, so the love triangle is inevitable.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

Kadal

2013

A wrongdoer is caught red-handed and he is not going to forgive the man who exposed him.

5.5

MagicScore

#17

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

#18

Show Me Love

1998

Two teenage girls in small-town Sweden. Elin is beautiful, popular, and bored with life. Agnes is friendless, sad, and secretly in love with Elin.

7.1

MagicScore

#19

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

#20

American Beauty

1999

Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.

8.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Licorice Pizza?

The top films similar to Licorice Pizza by MovieMagicScore are Edge of Seventeen (6.5), Dazed and Confused (7.3), Your Name Engraved Herein (7.8). Each shares comedy/drama/romance themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Licorice Pizza worth watching?

Licorice Pizza holds a MovieMagicScore of 7.0/10 from 2,485 viewer ratings, putting it among the better-reviewed titles in its genre.

What kind of movie is Licorice Pizza?

Licorice Pizza (2021) is a comedy, drama, romance film directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Alana Haim, Cooper Hoffman, Sean Penn.

Where can I find more recommendations like Licorice Pizza?

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 Licorice Pizza

This ranked list pairs Licorice Pizza (2021), a comedy and drama and romance film from Paul Thomas Anderson, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Alana Haim 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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