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10 Best Movies Like The New Kid

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

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#1
Good Kids

Good Kids

2016★ 6.3

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

Four high school students look to redefine themselves after graduation....

#2
Napoleon Dynamite

Napoleon Dynamite

2004★ 6.8

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

A listless and alienated teenager decides to help his new friend win the class presidency in their small western high school, while he must deal with his bizarre family life back h...

#3
Mean Girls

Mean Girls

2024★ 5.9

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

New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called ‘The Plastics,’ ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George a...

#4
Old Boys

Old Boys

2018★ 6.6

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

In the school-set re-working of Cyrano, an awkward but imaginative pupil helps the handsome but spectacularly dim school-hero pursue the fiery daughter of a visiting French teacher...

#5
The Gilded Cage

The Gilded Cage

2013★ 6.7

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

In the beautiful area of ​​Paris, Maria and José Ribeiro lived for almost thirty years on the ground floor of a Haussmann building, in their dear little lodge....

#6
Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins

2009★ 6.4

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

Unjustly accused of staging a spooky practical joke complete with ghosts, Daphne, Velma, Fred and Shaggy are suspended from Coolsville High. To clear their names, they team up to s...

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