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10 Best Movies Like Lucas

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

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#1
Cooley High

Cooley High

1975★ 7.0

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

In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes...

#2
My Bodyguard

My Bodyguard

1980★ 6.3

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

Clifford Peache, an easygoing teenager, is finding less than easy to fit in at his new high school, where a tough-talking bully terrorizes his classmates and extorts their lunch mo...

#3
John Tucker Must Die

John Tucker Must Die

2006★ 6.1

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

After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and c...

#4
The First Time

The First Time

2012★ 7.0

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

A spark of attraction smolders, then ignites, between two teens from different high schools who meet by chance at a party....

#5
Love, Simon

Love, Simon

2018★ 8.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Lucas for fans of Comedy & Drama & Romance. 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...

#6
The Best of Me

The Best of Me

2014★ 7.5

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

A pair of former high school sweethearts reunite after many years when they return to visit their small hometown....

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