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10 Best Movies Like The Principal

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

#1
The First Night

The First Night

1998★ 5.9

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

In the middle of a city facing a new century, a group of friends between the ages of 15 and 18 live out the adventures, deceptions and anxiety of "The First Night."...

#2
North Shore

North Shore

1987★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Principal for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

On a small stretch of coastline as powerful as a man's will, Rick Kane came to surf the big waves. He found a woman who would show him how to survive, and a challenge unlike any ot...

#3
A Midnight Clear

A Midnight Clear

1992★ 6.5

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

In 1944 France, an American Intelligence Squad locates a German Platoon wishing to surrender rather than die in Germany's final war offensive. The two groups of men, isolated from ...

#4
Hector

Hector

1987★ 6.7

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

Hector's parents sent him to an orphanage in treatment for smallpox but... they never picked him up. 35 years later, he still lives in the orphanage, surrounded by children, his pl...

#5
Thrashin'

Thrashin'

1986★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Principal for fans of Action & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Corey and his band of skater buddies sometimes make mischief, but they're more interested in girls and having fun on their boards than in getting into any real trouble. Notorious e...

#6
The Perfect Weapon

The Perfect Weapon

1991★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Principal for fans of Action & Crime & Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Jeff, a young delinquent, is enrolled by his father in a kenpo school, in the hopes of teaching the boy some self-discipline. Years later, Jeff's mentor, Kim, is being threatened b...