Movies Like Little Darlings

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Dirty Dancing

1987·1h 40m·★ 7.1·Emile Ardolino

Themes: summer camp, teenage girlTMDB recommends

A Week Away

2021·1h 35m·★ 5.8·Roman White

Themes: summer camp, teenage girlFans also likedDrama & Comedy

Blockers

2018·1h 42m·★ 6.2·Kay Cannon

Themes: teenager, teenage girlFans also liked

The Outsiders

1983·1h 31m·★ 7.0·Francis Ford Coppola

TMDB recommendsStarring Matt Dillon

Mean Girls

2004·1h 37m·★ 7.1·Mark Waters

Themes: teenager, teenage girlDrama & Comedy

American Beauty

1999·2h 2m·★ 8.3·Sam Mendes

Themes: virgin, teenager

Billy Elliot

2000·1h 51m·★ 7.7·Stephen Daldry

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

The Worst Ones

2022·1h 40m·★ 6.7·Lise Akoka

TMDB recommendsDrama & Comedy

Kidco

1984·1h 45m·★ 6.2·Ronald F. Maxwell

Starring Margaret BlyeDir. Ronald F. MaxwellComedy & Drama

The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia

1981·1h 52m·★ 5.9·Ronald F. Maxwell

Starring Kristy McNicholDir. Ronald F. MaxwellDrama & Comedy

City of God

2002·2h 9m·★ 8.6·Fernando Meirelles

TMDB recommends

Dead Poets Society

1989·2h 9m·★ 8.1·Peter Weir

TMDB recommends

The 400 Blows

1959·1h 39m·★ 8.0·François Truffaut

TMDB recommends

Stand by Me

1986·1h 29m·★ 8.1·Rob Reiner

TMDB recommends

Moonrise Kingdom

2012·1h 34m·★ 7.7·Wes Anderson

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

Rebel Without a Cause

1955·1h 51m·★ 7.6·Nicholas Ray

TMDB recommends

The Wanderers

1979·1h 57m·★ 7.3·Philip Kaufman

TMDB recommends

The Tin Drum

1979·2h 42m·★ 7.4·Volker Schlöndorff

TMDB recommends

The First Time

2012·1h 35m·★ 6.8·Jon Kasdan

Fans also likedDrama & Comedy

Edge of Seventeen

1999·1h 44m·★ 6.8·David Moreton

Fans also likedComedy & Drama

How Good Is Little Darlings?

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