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The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys (2002)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A group of Catholic school friends, after being caught drawing an obscene comic book, plan a heist that will outdo their previous prank and make them local legends.
Style:
teen, realistic, talky, harsh, touching, independent film, epic, sex comedy, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, youth, prank, boy, friendship, friend, dark humor, adaptation, juvenile delinquency, friends, high school life, boyhood, school, lifestyle, kids in trouble, teachers and students, parents and children, superhero, high school, rivalry, peer pressure, psychological trauma, secret, revenge ...
Time:
70s, year 2002, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, touching and semi serious films with plots about youth, friendship, coming of age, teenage life, school, teenager and high school mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys: Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger (2008), Zappa (1983), The Chumscrubber (2005), Stand by Me (1986), There Goes My Baby (1994). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Denmark, 1961. Bjørn, a middle-class boy in his early teens, wants to be accepted by Steen, a bullying peer of his with wealthy but freezingly cold parents. Bjørn's other good friend is Mulle, a cheerful and more childish working-class boy. ...
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Time:
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Place:
denmark, scandinavia, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
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surreal, dark comedy, bleak, black comedy, independent film ...
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teens, teen drama
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Plot:
childhood, friendship, coming of age, stephen king, teenager, boy, children, youth, summer, friends, courage, on the road ...
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Duration: 99 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, new jersey, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york ...
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25%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing sexes. Sebastian's sister splits immediately for ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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11K
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Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, bullying, small town, loneliness, existentialism, teenage life, character study, eccentricity, misfit, physical appearance ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, dark comedy, teen, disturbing, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
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touching, melancholic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
45%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: France
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
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Duration: 109 min.
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Audience:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Style:
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45%
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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