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10 Best Movies Like Forbidden School

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

#1
Play It Again, Sam

Play It Again, Sam

1972★ 7.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden School for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A neurotic film critic obsessed with the movie Casablanca attempts to get over his wife leaving him by dating again with the help of a married couple and his illusory idol, Humphre...

#2
Leap Year

Leap Year

2010★ 6.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden School for fans of Romance. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question o...

#3
The Holdovers

The Holdovers

2023★ 7.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden School for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he fo...

#4
Rain Man

Rain Man

1988★ 7.8

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

When car dealer Charlie Babbitt learns that his estranged father has died, he returns home to Cincinnati, where he discovers that he has a savant older brother named Raymond and th...

#5
Pitch Perfect

Pitch Perfect

2012★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden School for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice ga...

#6
Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

2023★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Forbidden School for fans of Drama & History. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II....