Movies like Selah and the Spades (2019)
The best movies like Selah and the Spades (2019) are Bad Education (2019), The Novice (2021) and The Fallout (2021). If Selah and the Spades hooked you with its drama, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedThe Hate U Give (2018)8.1/10 from 2,266 votes
- NewestTop 1 (2024)Released 2024
Bad Education (2019)
A superintendent of a school district works for the betterment of the student’s education when an embezzlement scheme is discovered, threatening to destroy everything.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Novice (2021)
A college freshman joins her university's rowing team and undertakes an obsessive physical and psychological journey to make it to the top varsity boat, no matter the cost.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fallout (2021)
In the wake of a school tragedy, Vada, Mia and Quinton form a unique and dynamic bond as they navigate the never linear, often confusing journey to heal in a world that feels forever changed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Perfect Cheerleader (2019)
When college freshman Cassie earns a spot on the cheerleading squad, she is overjoyed about the new friendships, status, and access to social events that come along with being on the team. When she meets Terry, the charismatic President of the Alumni Association, at an event, Cassie finds herself falling for this older man despite their age difference. Terry even helps her out by paying part of her tuition when she falls on hard times. But all is not as it seems.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisAsk Me Anything (2014)
Beautiful, wild, funny, and lost, Katie Kampenfelt takes a year off before college to find herself, all the while chronicling her adventures in an anonymous blog into which she pours her innermost secrets. Eventually, Katie's fearless narrative begins to crack, and dark pieces of her past emerge.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
SnoozefestMovies like thisMiller's Girl (2024)
A talented young writer embarks on a creative odyssey when her teacher assigns a project that entangles them both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Starling Girl (2023)
17-year-old Jem Starling struggles with her place within her Christian fundamentalist community. But everything changes when her magnetic youth pastor Owen returns to their church.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisHala (2019)
Seventeen-year-old Pakistani American teenager Hala struggles to balance desire with her family, cultural, and religious obligations. As she comes into her own, she grapples with a secret that threatens to unravel her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hate U Give (2018)
Raised in a poverty-stricken slum, a 16-year-old girl named Starr now attends a suburban prep school. After she witnesses a police officer shoot her unarmed best friend, she's torn between her two very different worlds as she tries to speak her truth.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Absolute CinemaMovies like thisLady Driver (2020)
When a rebellious teen embarks on a solo summer journey to connect with her roots, she finds herself in a new world, geared up for the ride of her life, and discovers she had the drive in her all along.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSugar Daddy (2021)
When a struggling musician can't afford her rent, she signs up for a website where rich older men pay to date younger women. Her new money-making venture sends her down a dark rabbit hole that forces her to grow up fast, shaping her music, and how she sees the world.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisFrom Nowhere (2017)
Three undocumented teenagers, a Dominican girl, an African boy and a Peruvian girl, are about to graduate high school in the Bronx, while working with a teacher and a lawyer to try to get their papers to stay in the USA. Forced to grow up prematurely and navigate problems most adults don't even have to face, they're really just American teenagers who want to be with their friends, fall in love, and push back against authority.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
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.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Nomads (2019)
Amidst the chaos of massive budget cuts and school closures, a young female teacher introduces men's rugby to an inner-city North Philadelphia high school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMainstream (2021)
A young woman thinks she’s found a path to internet stardom when she starts making YouTube videos with a charismatic stranger – until the dark side of viral celebrity threatens to ruin them both.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisEighth Grade (2018)
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisTop 1 (2024)
Azi and Dex are both vying to be their batch valedictorian but Dex is always behind Azi. He then plans to make her fall in love to be a distraction, but his plan is a double-edged sword.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Gonzo Girl (2023)
A young college graduate toiling as an intern has dreams of making it big in publishing, and the chance comes when they accept an offer to become the latest assistant of a notoriously over the top writer.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Holler (2021)
In a forgotten pocket of Southern Ohio where American manufacturing and opportunity are drying up, a determined young woman finds a ticket out when she is accepted to college. Alongside her older brother, Ruth Avery joins a dangerous scrap metal crew in order to pay her way. Together, they spend one brutal winter working the scrap yards during the day and stealing valuable metal from the once thriving factories by night. With her goal in sight, Ruth finds that the ultimate cost of an education for a girl like her may be more than she bargained for, and she soon finds herself torn between a promising future and the family she would leave behind.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisLady Bird (2017)
Lady Bird McPherson, a strong willed, deeply opinionated, artistic 17 year old comes of age in Sacramento. Her relationship with her mother and her upbringing are questioned and tested as she plans to head off to college.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThirteen (2003)
When 13-year-old Tracy befriends Evie, the most popular girl in school, her life is turned upside down as Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs, and money. But it isn’t long before Tracy’s new lifestyle begins to take a heavy toll on her and her family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Kid Like Jake (2018)
On the eve of the admissions cycle for New York City kindergartens, Alex and Greg Wheeler have high hopes for four-year-old Jake. The director of Jake's preschool encourages them to accentuate Jake's gender expansive behavior to help him stand out. As Alex and Greg navigate their roles as parents, a rift grows between them, one that forces them to confront their own concerns about what's best for Jake, and each other.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Mom's Darkest Secrets (2021)
When 21-year-old Ashley Beck-Ford finds her biological mother, Sara Hillman, online, she is shocked and thrilled… But building a relationship with her long-lost mother proves to be more dangerous than Ashley could have ever imagined. Soon after meeting her, Sara’s husband is murdered. Ashley soon finds herself caught in a web of lies and deceit in which she isn’t sure if her mother is innocent or guilty of that murder
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Student A (2018)
Jang Mi-rae is a teenage girl who struggles to coexist with her classmates and her alcoholic father. She then interacts with a fellow gamer she meets online, which helps her grow as a person.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
National Champions (2021)
A star quarterback ignites a players’ strike hours before the biggest game of the year in order to fight for fair compensation, equality, and respect for the athletes who put their bodies and health on the line for their schools.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)
Pennsylvania, 1993. After getting caught with another girl, teenager Cameron Post is sent to a conversion therapy center run by the strict Dr. Lydia Marsh and her brother, Reverend Rick, whose treatment consists in repenting for feeling “same sex attraction.” Cameron befriends fellow sinners Jane and Adam, thus creating a new family to deal with the surrounding intolerance.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTape (2020)
Based on true events and set in New York City, TAPE is the story of an aspiring actress (Isabelle Fuhrman) who crosses paths with the darker side of the entertainment industry.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
The Honor List (2018)
Four girls sink a time capsule in a lake with a list of things they want to do before graduation, but they all go separate ways before graduating. When a tragedy strikes, they reunite to find the capsule and complete the bucket list.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both drama
Hounddog (2008)
A drama set in the American South, where a precocious, troubled girl finds a safe haven in the music and movement of Elvis Presley.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both drama
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Selah and the Spades?
The closest matches to Selah and the Spades are Bad Education (2019), The Novice (2021) and The Fallout (2021). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Selah and the Spades?
People who watched Selah and the Spades most often go on to Bad Education (2019), The Novice (2021) and The Fallout (2021).
What is the highest-rated movie like Selah and the Spades?
The Hate U Give (2018), rated 8.1/10 by 2,266 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Selah and the Spades?
Top 1 (2024) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Selah and the Spades?
Yes: Bad Education (2019), The Novice (2021) and The Fallout (2021).
How are movies similar to Selah and the Spades chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Selah and the Spades, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.