If You Liked Sixteen Candles, Watch These Next
Finished Sixteen Candles (1984) and want more of the same? These 18 movies are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Sixteen Candles, most of them are comedy, romance.
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18 titles · updated 3rd October 2026
1.She's All That(1999)
6.3ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees to a seemingly impossible challenge. He has six weeks to gain the…
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2.The DUFF(2015)
6.8RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together they'll face the school's mean girl and remind everyone that we are all someone's…
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3.It's a Boy Girl Thing(2006)
6.6ComedyFantasyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the other's shoes.
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4.Can't Hardly Wait(1998)
6.2ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.
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5.Can't Buy Me Love(1987)
6.9ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though they're a couple for an entire month. As the days pass, however, Cindy…
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6.The Kissing Booth(2018)
7.2RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
When teenager Elle's first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her best friend.
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9.Clueless(1995)
7.2ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other. Emboldened by her success, she decides to give hopelessly klutzy new student Tai a makeover. When Tai becomes more popular…
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10.Kissing Is the Easy Part(2026)
7.3RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
Sean's gunning for MIT. Flora's ditching the SAT. A secret deal with her tenured parents sparks a romance that challenges everything they believe in.
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11.Prom(2011)
6.1ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
At “Prom,” every couple has a story and no two are exactly alike. As the big dance approaches for Nova Prescott, it’s a battle of wills as she finds herself drawn to the guy who gets in the way of her perfect prom. Fellow seniors Mei and Tyler harbor secrets, while others face all the insecurity and anticipation that…
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13.He's All That(2021)
6.5ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
To get revenge on her ex-boyfriend, an influencer attempts to transform an unpopular classmate into prom king.
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14.National Lampoon's Van Wilder(2002)
6.0ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
Van Wilder has been attending college for far too many years and is scared to graduate, but Van’s father eventually realizes what is going on. When he stops paying his son's tuition fees, Van must come up with the money if he wants to stay in college, so he and his friends come up with a great fund-raising idea –…
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15.The Kissing Booth 2(2020)
7.6ComedyRomanceAlso comedy and romance
With college decisions looming, Elle juggles her long-distance romance with Noah, changing relationship with bestie Lee and feelings for a new classmate.
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16.Napoleon Dynamite(2004)
6.8ComedyAlso comedy
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 home.
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17.Gnome Alone(2017)
6.1AnimationFamilyAdventureAlso comedy
When Chloe discovers that her new home's garden gnomes are not what they seem, she must decide between the pursuit of a desired high school life and taking up the fight against the Troggs.
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18.What's Love Got to Do with It?(2023)
6.1RomanceComedyAlso romance and comedy
Two childhood friends now in their thirties must decide whether to follow their heads or their hearts once the man decides to follow his parents' advice and enter into an arranged marriage in Pakistan.
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