Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Making It

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

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#1
Real Women Have Curves

Real Women Have Curves

2002★ 6.1

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

In East Los Angeles, an 18-year-old struggles between her ambitions of going to college and the desires of her domineering mother for her to get married, have children, and oversee...

#2
Palindromes

Palindromes

2005★ 6.2

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

Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revo...

#3
Saved!

Saved!

2004★ 6.4

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

Mary is a good Christian girl who goes to a good Christian high school where she has good Christian friends and a perfect Christian boyfriend. Her life seems perfect, until the day...

#4
Mac & Devin Go to High School

Mac & Devin Go to High School

2012★ 6.5

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

A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school....

#5
As Cool as I Am

As Cool as I Am

2013★ 5.8

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

A smart teenage girl comes of age in a small town with her self-centered parents who had her when they were teenagers....

#6
Teen Spirit

Teen Spirit

2011★ 5.9

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

Amber, a mean popular girl who gets electrocuted and dies, is not allowed to enter into heaven unless she helps the least popular girl in school become Prom Queen within a week, bu...

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