Movies like Skipped Parts (2000)
The best movies like Skipped Parts (2000) are A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), Here on Earth (2000) and Thumbsucker (2005). If Skipped Parts hooked you with its comedy and drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedAmerican Beauty (1999)8.0/10 from 13,546 votes
- NewestIt's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)Released 2010
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he comes to understand his parents and eventually bonds with his father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisHere on Earth (2000)
Three lives of three young people intersect over the course of one summer. A rich student and a young working-class man accidentally destroy a diner when their impromptu road race takes a disastrous turn. Ordered by a judge to spend the summer repairing the building, they find themselves becoming rivals for the affections of the owner's daughter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisThumbsucker (2005)
Justin Cobb, a teenager in suburban Oregon, copes with his thumb-sucking problem, romance, and his diagnosis with ADHD and subsequent experience using Ritalin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Wackness (2008)
Set in New York City in the sweltering summer, The Wackness tells the story of a troubled teenage drug dealer, who trades pot for therapy sessions with a drug-addled psychiatrist. Things get more complicated when he falls for one of his classmates, who just happens to be the doctor's daughter. This is a coming-of-age story about sex, drugs, music and what it takes to be a man.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBeautiful Girls (1996)
During a snowy winter in the small fictional town of Knight's Ridge, Massachusetts, a group of lifelong buddies hang out, drink and struggle to connect with the women who affect their decisions, dreams and desires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCharlie Bartlett (2008)
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Virgin Suicides (2000)
A group of male friends become obsessed with five mysterious sisters who are sheltered by their strict, religious parents.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisIt's Kind of a Funny Story (2010)
A clinically depressed teenager gets a new start after he checks himself into an adult psychiatric ward.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHome Room (2002)
A high school shooting has repercussions on the town and students.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Walk on the Moon (1999)
The world of a young housewife is turned upside down when she has an affair with a free-spirited blouse salesman.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisNext Stop Wonderland (1998)
Dumped by her loser boyfriend, Erin's love life hits rock bottom when her overbearing mother places an embarrassing ad in the "personals" section of a local newspaper on her behalf. Erin's disgust turns to curiosity as she searches for the right guy in a hilarious series of disastrous dates. Meanwhile, a lonely ex-plumber named Alan clumsily searches for his dream job while narrowly missing one chance meeting with Erin after another.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMore American Graffiti (1979)
College graduates deal with Vietnam and other issues of the late '60s.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisTrust (1990)
After being thrown away from home, pregnant high school dropout Maria meets Matthew, a highly educated and extremely moody electronics repairman. The two begin an unusual romance built on their sense of mutual admiration and trust.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLiving Out Loud (1998)
Judith Moore is suddenly single after discovering her husband of fifteen years, a successful doctor, has been having an affair with a younger woman. Judith stews, plans, plots and fantasizes, but she can't decide what to do with her life until she goes out to a night club to see singer Liz Bailey, who is full of advice on life and love. While out on the town, Judith is suddenly kissed by a total stranger, which opens her eyes to new possibilities... which is when she notices Pat, the elevator operator in her building.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGarden State (2004)
Andrew returns to his hometown for his mother’s funeral, a journey that reconnects him with old friends. The trip coincides with his decision to stop taking his powerful antidepressants. A chance meeting with Sam—a girl also struggling with various maladies—opens up the possibility of rekindling emotional connections, confronting his psychologist father, and perhaps beginning a new life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHome Fries (1998)
Dorian and Angus chase down their womanizing stepfather with a helicopter, frightening him to death. In his effort to cover their tracks, Dorian begins investigating his stepfather's mistress, Sally. She works at a fast-food drive-through, she's pregnant and Dorian quickly falls in love with her. Unfortunately, his scheming mother wants Sally dead. And Sally isn't sure she wants Dorian to be her child's father and also his brother.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisCrossroads (2002)
After eight years apart, three childhood friends - Lucy, Kit, and Mimi - rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. With barely a plan, practically no money but plenty of dreams, the girls catch a lift with Mimi's handsome friend Ben in his convertible. Along the way they not only gather experiences that will change their lives, but they also discover how important it is to hold onto their hearts' desires.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisWaitress (2007)
A small town waitress stuck in a lousy marriage finds love when an exciting out-of-towner enters her life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWaking the Dead (2000)
A congressional candidate questions his sanity after seeing the love of his life, presumed dead, suddenly emerge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisVirtual Sexuality (1999)
A frustrated teenage girl creates her perfect man in a virtual reality machine and in a freak accident, gives him life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisHappy Campers (2001)
Chaos and rampant hormones reign when teenage counselors are left in charge during their summer-camp director's absence.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisStill Breathing (1997)
Two lost souls: she a con-artist in L.A.; he a puppeteer in San Antonio have the same dream linking each with the other. He travels to L.A. to find this woman he has become obsessed with. She resists, afraid of his kooky ideas until she travels with him to San Antonio and meets his wise grandmother. Story of two disparate people linked by "fate" gets increasingly interesting as it rolls along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBodies, Rest & Motion (1993)
Rebelling against his dreary life in a small Arizona town, salesman Nick abandons his girlfriend, Beth, and strikes out onto the highway in search of... something else. Encouraged by her best friend, Carol, Beth reluctantly accepts the romantic attentions of Sid, a local housepainter.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Have Dreams, Will Travel (2007)
West Texas, in the 1960's. A tale of two 12-year-olds who embark on an adventure to find new parents in order to escape their unhappy and emotionally unsatisfying family life.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
Worth the HypeMovies like thisHappy Endings (2005)
Filmmaker Nicky offers to track down the son that Mamie gave up for adoption nearly two decades before. Meanwhile, Mamie's stepbrother (and the father of her child), Charley, along with his boyfriend, Gil, try to find out what became of the sperm Gil donated to a lesbian couple. Finally, singer Jude becomes entangled in a love triangle with androgynous drummer Otis and his conservative father.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMad 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & romance
SnoozefestMovies like thisThe Good Girl (2002)
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisAmerican 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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisThe Inkwell (1994)
The Inkwell is about a 16-year-old boy coming of age on Martha's Vineyard in the summer of 1976.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both comedy & drama
Boys (1996)
Fed up with boarding school and frustrated with the way others have planned his life, John Baker Jr. wants a change -- anything to shake up his staid routine. The moment arrives when he stumbles upon a woman, Patty Vare, unconscious in a field. Deciding to risk it, John takes her to his dorm to look after her, much to the disapproval of his friends. John's decision proves fateful as he and Patty grow close to one another. However, she may be keeping secrets from him.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both romance & drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Skipped Parts?
The closest matches to Skipped Parts are A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), Here on Earth (2000) and Thumbsucker (2005). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Skipped Parts?
People who watched Skipped Parts most often go on to A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), Here on Earth (2000) and Thumbsucker (2005).
What is the highest-rated movie like Skipped Parts?
American Beauty (1999), rated 8.0/10 by 13,546 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Skipped Parts?
It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Skipped Parts?
Yes: A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988), Here on Earth (2000) and Thumbsucker (2005).
How are movies similar to Skipped Parts chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Skipped Parts, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.