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10 Best Movies Like Educating Rita

If you loved Educating Rita, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
My Favorite Year

My Favorite Year

1982★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Educating Rita for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But ...

#2
Home Run

Home Run

2013★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Educating Rita for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A pro ball player with a substance abuse problem is forced into rehab in his hometown, finding new hope when he gets honest about his checkered past, and takes on coaching duties f...

#3
SubUrbia

SubUrbia

1997★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Educating Rita for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A group of suburban teenagers try to support each other through the difficult task of becoming adults....

#4
Young Adult

Young Adult

2011★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Educating Rita for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A divorced writer from the Midwest returns to her hometown to reconnect with an old flame, who's now married with a family....

#5
Better Living Through Chemistry

Better Living Through Chemistry

2014★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Educating Rita for fans of Drama & Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A straight-laced pharmacist's uneventful life spirals out of control when he starts an affair with a trophy wife customer who takes him on a joyride involving sex, drugs and possib...

#6
The Girl in the Book

The Girl in the Book

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Educating Rita for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of a young writer's transformation when her past invades her present....

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