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10 Best Movies Like The First Semester

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

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#1
Greedy

Greedy

1994★ 6.2

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

Meet the McTeagues. They've come to stake a claim in their wealthy uncle's will… only he's not dead yet!...

#2
El cumple de la abuela

El cumple de la abuela

2015★ 6.5

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

A dysfunctional family travels to Cuernavaca, to celebrate their grandmother's birthday. One pretends to have a boyfriend she just met. Another has a girlfriend who is in love with...

#3
Joe's College Road Trip

Joe's College Road Trip

2026★ 5.9

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

To teach his sheltered grandson about the real world, Madea's foul-mouthed brother Joe takes the college-bound teen on a raucous cross-country road trip....

#4
Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

2013★ 6.1

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

86-year-old Irving Zisman is on a journey across America with the most unlikely companion: his 8 year-old grandson, Billy....

#5
Life of the Party

Life of the Party

2018★ 6.1

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

When her husband suddenly dumps her, longtime dedicated housewife Deanna turns regret into re-set by going back to college... landing in the same class and school as her daughter, ...

#6
Cold Feet

Cold Feet

2018★ 6.6

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

Although he actually just wanted to steal money, the crook Denis finds himself in the position of caretaking for the stroke patient Raimund. When Raimund's granddaughter Charlotte ...

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