Movies Like School Daze

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

Do the Right Thing

1989·2h·★ 7.9·Spike Lee

4 shared cast incl. Ossie Davis & Giancarlo Esposito2 shared crewDir. Spike Lee

Krush Groove

1985·1h 37m·★ 6.4·Michael Schultz

DP: Ernest R. DickersonFans also likedComedy & Drama & Music

The Young Girls of Rochefort

1967·2h 6m·★ 7.7·Jacques Demy

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Meet Me in St. Louis

1944·1h 54m·★ 7.5·Vincente Minnelli

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam

1999·2h 58m·★ 7.4·Sanjay Leela Bhansali

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

The Three from the Filling Station

1930·1h 30m·★ 6.5·Wilhelm Thiele

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

Hot Summer

1968·1h 37m·★ 6.0·Joachim Hasler

TMDB recommendsComedy & Music

Feel the Beat

2020·1h 47m·★ 6.3·Elissa Down

Fans also likedComedy & Music & Drama

School Dance

2014·1h 25m·★ 4.6·Nick Cannon

Fans also likedComedy & Music & Drama

Drumline

2002·1h 58m·★ 6.0·Charles Stone III

Fans also likedDrama & Comedy & Music

Metal Lords

2022·1h 37m·★ 6.7·Peter Sollett

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Drumline: A New Beat

2014·1h 41m·★ 5.0·Bille Woodruff

Fans also likedMusic & Comedy & Drama

We Are Your Friends

2015·1h 36m·★ 6.2·Max Joseph

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Sunshine on Leith

2013·1h 40m·★ 6.6·Dexter Fletcher

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Grace of My Heart

1996·1h 56m·★ 6.8·Allison Anders

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Make It Happen

2008·1h 30m·★ 5.4·Darren Grant

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10,000 Saints

2015·1h 53m·★ 5.9·Shari Springer Berman

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The Last Five Years

2014·1h 34m·★ 5.9·Richard LaGravenese

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She Hate Me

2004·2h 19m·★ 5.3·Spike Lee

Starring Ossie DavisDir. Spike LeeComedy & Drama

Girl 6

1996·1h 48m·★ 5.4·Spike Lee

Starring Spike LeeDir. Spike LeeComedy & Drama

How Good Is School Daze?

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