Asian Films Like Booksmart

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Olive Penderghast tells one small lie about having sex, it spreads across school, and she decides to lean into the reputation rather than fight it. An irresistible high school come…

Like Booksmart, it leans hard into coming of age. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Like Booksmart, it leans hard into coming of age. The emotional territory — growing up — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Jane has been a bridesmaid 27 times — always planning other people's happiness, never her own. Then her sister announces her engagement to the man Jane has secretly loved for years…

Like Booksmart, it leans hard into self discovery. The emotional territory — self discovery — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Copy editor Josie Geller goes undercover as a high school student for a magazine story — reliving the humiliating experience of being the nerdy girl who never belonged, until she f…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: belonging. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Jane Goodale develops a theory about men using animal behavior research — specifically: once a bull has moved to new pasture, he never returns. She's trying to explain why her ex m…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: self discovery. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Four very different freshman roommates navigate the complexities of sex, relationships, and growing up at a prestigious New England college. Refreshingly honest, funny, and surpris…

Like Booksmart, it leans hard into coming of age. The emotional territory — growing up and belonging — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Four tight-knit friends from South Central Los Angeles navigate high school, first love, gang pressure, and the particular math of keeping a friendship intact when everyone is grow…

The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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A popular Beverly Hills teen with good intentions tries to give a makeover to a new student, while unaware of her own romantic feelings.

Like Booksmart, it leans hard into coming of age. The emotional territory — self discovery and growing up — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Christine "Lady Bird" McPherson fights against, and subsequently learns to appreciate, her loving, tempestuous relationship with her mother while navigating her senior year at a Ca…

Like Booksmart, it leans hard into coming of age. The emotional territory — growing up and belonging — is the same. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

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Julianne realizes she's in love with her best friend Michael the moment he calls to tell her he's getting married — to someone else, in four days. Her plan to break them up fails i…

Both navigate the same emotional territory: letting go. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.