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10 Best Movies Like Nerd in Love

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

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#1
The Boys in the Band

The Boys in the Band

2020★ 6.8

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

At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths....

#2
Stutterer

Stutterer

2015★ 7.4

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

A lonely typographer with a cruel speech impediment but an eloquent inner voice must face his greatest fear....

#3
My Brother the Devil

My Brother the Devil

2012★ 6.4

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

Fourteen-year-old Mo is a lonely, sensitive boy whose hunger for the rant and banter of buddies makes him prone to tread dangerous territories. He idolizes his handsome older broth...

#4
Port Authority

Port Authority

2019★ 6.0

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

Paul, a 20 year old midwesterner, arrives at the central bus station and quickly catches eyes with Wye, a 22 year old girl voguing on the sidewalk. After Paul seeks her out in secr...

#5
Tome of the Unknown

Tome of the Unknown

2013★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Nerd in Love for fans of Animation. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Wirt and Gregory are brothers who get tired of walking, so, they borrow a car from a romantic songster made of vegetables....

#6
From Straight A's to XXX

From Straight A's to XXX

2017★ 5.8

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

When a change of circumstances leaves Miriam unable to pay her college tuition, she makes a surprising decision: to start performing in adult films, using the pseudonym Belle Knox....

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