Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 11, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Next to Me

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

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#1
Fist Fight

Fist Fight

2017★ 6.0

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

When one school teacher gets the other fired, he is challenged to an after-school fight....

#2
One Eight Seven

One Eight Seven

1997★ 6.7

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

Brooklyn High school teacher Trevor Garfield is repeatedly stabbed by a student. Fifteen months later, moves to Los Angeles to the unruly, predominantly Indigenous Latin American a...

#3
Dirty Teacher

Dirty Teacher

2013★ 5.9

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

When a high school senior discovers her teacher is seducing her boyfriend, events turn deadly after the teacher tries to cover it up....

#4
Teacher

Teacher

2019★ 6.3

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

A high school English teacher goes to disturbing lengths to protect his favorite students from bullies, and challenge the power of a wealthy patron within the community....

#5
The Substitute 2: School's Out

The Substitute 2: School's Out

1998★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Next to Me for fans of Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

When teacher Randall Thomasson is killed during a carjacking, an unexpected visitor shows up at his funeral - his estranged brother, Karl Thomasson. An ex-Green Beret turned mercen...

#6
Class of 1984

Class of 1984

1982★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Next to Me for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Andy is a new teacher at an inner city high school that is unlike any he has seen before. There are metal detectors at the front door and the place is basically run by a tough kid ...

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