Movies and TV shows like Freaks and Geeks

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Freaks and Geeks (1999)
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Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 799 min.
TV show
Story: High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Style: humorous, retro, light, semi serious, sitcom, dark comedy, teen, captivating, cliffhanger, funny ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: nerd, coming of age, weed, socially awkward, cheerleader, friendship, social relations, teenager, teenage life, teacher, teacher student relationship, youth, high school, social misfits, high school life, teen angst, young adult, suburbs, high school student, education, bully, love, serial killer, school, supernatural ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, year 1999, year 1980, 80s, year 1981
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
Keyword: compilation, oldies, sketch show, new wave

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Most similar movies to Freaks and Geeks

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films and TV series with plots about teenage life, youth, coming of age, high school, teenager, young adult and friendship mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Freaks and Geeks: Everything Sucks! (2018), My So-Called Life (1994), Dazed and Confused (1993), Ghost World (2001), That '70s Show (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Everything Sucks! (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: It's 1996 in a town called Boring, Oregon, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage emotions in the VHS era.
Style: touching, humorous, stylized, cult classic, colorful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, teenager, relationships, interracial friendship, coming of age, high school, school, misfit, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, road trip, lesbian ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My So-Called Life (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 912 min.
TV show
Story: The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
Style: sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, female protagonist, first love, teenage daughter, teenager, coming of age, teenage girl, high school hunk, teen angst, adolescence, girl next door, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, weed, party, bullying, drug, summer ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: texas, seattle, midwest, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Ghost World (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style: black comedy, thought provoking, independent film, melancholic, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, age difference, friendship, adolescence, graduation, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, blues, teen angst, best friend, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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That '70s Show (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: friendship, group of friends, teenage love, cannabis, small town, teenager, couples, couple relations, generation gap, parents and children, basement, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style: teen, talky, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teen angst, teenage girl, adolescence vs adulthood, brat pack ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 8.2
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Skins (2007)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Irreverent comedy drama which follows the messy lives, loves, delirious highs and inevitable lows of a group of raucous teenage friends in Bristol.
Style: captivating, cynical, realistic, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama, adult
Plot: youth, teenage life, high school, sexual relations, friendship, high school life, friends, underage drinking, homosexual, looking for sex, party, gay ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 8.1
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Daria (1997)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are ...
Style: clever, adult cartoon, witty, cynical, adult animation ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: sarcasm, loner, social misfits, high school life, everyday life, antisocial behavior, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, society, school, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Lucas (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A socially inept fourteen year old experiences heartbreak for the first time when his two best friends -- Cappie, an older-brother figure, and Maggie, the new girl with whom he is in love -- fall for each other.
Style: touching, feel good, entertaining, epic, colorful ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: american football, coming of age, high school, cheerleader, youth, love, friendship, cheerleading, adolescence, unrequited love, high school student, women ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Mad Fat Diary (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story: Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend ...
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, fat girl, teenage life, youth, loneliness, depression, teenage love, adolescence, high school life, unhappy, first love, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place: northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
The Adventures of Pete & Pete (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Pete & Pete is an American children's television series produced by Wellsville Pictures and broadcast by Nickelodeon. The show featured humorous and surreal elements in its narrative, and many recurring themes centered on ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, surreal, witty, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: youth, mischievous children, town, middle school, atmosphere, small town, tunnel, partner, buddies, friendship, misfit, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Wonder Years (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The show achieved a spot ...
Style: touching, sitcom, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, high school, first love, teenage life, coming of age, family relations, love and romance, siblings relations, family life ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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 10K
Terri (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Style: melancholic, compassionate, mumblecore, clever, visually appealing ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, friendship, coming of age, bullying, small town, loneliness, existentialism, teenage life, character study, eccentricity, overweight child, physical appearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Party of Five (1994)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Following his parents' tragic death, 24-year-old Charlie Salinger is back at home – and in over his head – as his siblings' legal guardian. Together, Charlie, 16-year-old Bailey, 15-year-old Julia and 11-year-old Claudia share the ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sentimental, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: orphan, family relations, coming of age, siblings relations, child care, love and romance, dealing with death, family life, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, sister sister relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Boy Meets World (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot: high school, family relations, coming of age, college, teachers and students, teenage life, high school life, supportive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, school ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.8
 19K
Fresh Meat (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: youth, university, socially awkward, lifestyle, teenage life, group of friends, student, adolescence vs adulthood, college, social relations, roommate, shyness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Say Anything... (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad ...
Style: feel good, sweet, light, romantic, teen ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, couples, first love, youth, young love, opposites attract, love story, graduation, love and romance, boyfriend ...
Time: 80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place: seattle, england, washington state, usa, washington d.c. ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Inbetweeners (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, North Korea, Russia, China
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality.
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: looking for sex, sexual humor, teenage life, clumsiness, high school, youth, friendship, innocence lost, bully, popularity, lifestyle, socially awkward ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Movie in collections
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Red Oaks (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A coming-of-age comedy set in the "go-go" 80s that is equal parts hijinks and heartfelt about a college student enjoying a last hurrah before summer comes to an end--and the future begins. David Myers, an assistant tennis pro at the Red ...
Style: light, semi serious, sincere, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, nostalgia, teenager, college, teenage sexuality, tennis, college student, teen romance, teenage life, golf club, first love, teenage protagonist ...
Time: 80s, future, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
 7.5
 46K
Awkward. (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. ...
Style: humorous, light, realistic, sitcom, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, teenager, teenage girl, popularity, teenage life, shyness, youth, high school life, friendship, self esteem, classmate, teenage love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 3.8
 6K
Skins (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, UK
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A wild ride through the lives of a group of high school friends stumbling through the mine field of adolescence... and stepping on most of the mines as they go.
Style: realistic, sincere, touching, sexy, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage sexuality, teenage sex, teen drug use, troubled teen, teenager, high school, friendship, youth, teenage life, social relations, friends, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style: dark comedy, disturbing, realistic, depressing, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, bullying, dysfunctional family, misfit, humiliation, teenager, youth, school, social outcast, female protagonist, childhood, high school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, near future, year 1995
Place: new jersey, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.4
 269K
Scrubs (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Style: sitcom, humorous, medical drama, witty, surreal ...
Audience: teens
Plot: medical, hospital, doctor, bromance, workplace situations, workplace romance, doctors and patients, friendship, couples, love and romance, friends, workplace ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.7
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Flipped (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style: touching, sweet, feel good, romantic, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: first love, fall in love, childhood, love and romance, young love, adolescence, teen romance, childhood sweetheart, school, teenage love, neighbor, unrequited love ...
Time: 60s, 2010s, 1950s, year 1957, year 1963 ...
Place: usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.2
 147K
Gilmore Girls (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: small town, teenager, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend, friends, female protagonist, small town life, teenage life, looking for love, single mother, first love, everyday life ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: yale university, connecticut, usa, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Summer Heights High (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 227 min.
TV show
Story: The life of a public school epitomized by disobedient student Jonah Takalua, self-absorbed private school exchange student Ja'mie King, and megalomaniac drama teacher Mr. G.
Style: mockumentary, sitcom, captivating, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teacher, high school, school, teachers and students, bully, high school student, society, teenage life, misfit, public school, dog, teen angst ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 44K
Dead Like Me (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dead Like Me follows a group of undead grim reapers tasked with shepherding the recently departed into the afterlife.
Style: witty, sentimental, black comedy, cynical, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: supernatural, afterlife, dealing with death, double life, family problems, dark humor, unfulfillment, young man, loser, workplace, tragic event, parents and children ...
Place: seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Life Unexpected (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Life Unexpected is a coming-of-age family drama that centers around 16-year-old Lux, who was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the ...
Style: semi serious, sentimental, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, foster child, adolescence, adolescence vs adulthood, foster home, teenage life, parents and children, teenage girl, immature, adopted daughter, proposal, thirtysomething life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 155K
Glee (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition ...
Style: feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, gay, coach, teenage life, youth, cheerleader, friendship, contests and competitions, outcast, teenage girl, gay teenager, music band ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, idaho, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.6
 96K
The O.C. (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The series centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled youth from a broken home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. Ryan and his surrogate brother Seth, a socially awkward yet quick-witted teenager, deal with life as ...
Style: touching, soap opera, witty, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: couples, sexual activity, high school life, classmate, teenage life, coming of age, youth, teenager, teenage love, troubled teen, first love, college ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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