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10 Best Movies Like Karate Nights

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

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#1
Tea and Sympathy

Tea and Sympathy

1956★ 7.0

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

A sensitive young man recalls his time in boarding school when the only person who seemed compassionate towards him was his housemaster's wife....

#2
You Are Not Alone

You Are Not Alone

1978★ 7.4

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

Young teenager Bo is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth. Lonely and scared, he finds a soulmate in th...

#3
Out of My Mind

Out of My Mind

2024★ 7.8

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

Melody Brooks, a sixth grader with cerebral palsy, has a quick wit and a sharp mind, but because she is non-verbal and uses a wheelchair, she is not given the same opportunities as...

#4
Love, Simon

Love, Simon

2018★ 8.0

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

Everyone deserves a great love story, but for 17-year-old Simon Spier, it's a little more complicated. He hasn't told his family or friends that he's gay, and he doesn't know the i...

#5
Old Boys

Old Boys

2018★ 6.6

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

In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher...

#6
I Love You, Beth Cooper

I Love You, Beth Cooper

2009★ 6.0

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

A valedictorian's declaration of love for a high-school cheerleader launches a night of revelry, reflection and romance for a group of graduating seniors....

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