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10 Best Movies Like Smartass

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

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#1
Palindromes

Palindromes

2005★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Smartass 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...

#2
Family Weekend

Family Weekend

2013★ 6.3

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

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition....

#3
Juniper

Juniper

2021★ 6.5

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

When a self-destructive teenager is suspended from school and asked to look after his feisty alcoholic grandmother as a punishment, the crazy time they spend together turns his lif...

#4
Landline

Landline

2017★ 6.1

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

A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair....

#5
Big Time Adolescence

Big Time Adolescence

2020★ 7.2

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

A seemingly bright and mostly innocent 16-year-old named Mo attempts to navigate high school under the guidance of his best friend Zeke, an unmotivated-yet-charismatic college drop...

#6
Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

Homeless to Harvard: The Liz Murray Story

2003★ 7.3

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

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she ...

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