Movies like Dear Wendy
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Dear Wendy (2005)
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, France, Germany, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In a blue-collar American town, a group of teens bands together to form the Dandies, a gang of gunslingers led by Dick Dandelion. Following a code of strict pacifism at odds with the fact that they all carry guns, the group eventually lets in Sebastian, the grandson of Dick's childhood nanny, Clarabelle, who fears the other gangs in the area. Dick and company try to protect Clarabelle, but events transpire that push the gang past posturing.
Style:
harsh, disturbing, serious, realistic, offbeat, stylized, allegory, dark comedy, art house, psychological ...
Plot:
obsession, friendship, forbidden love, violence, coming of age, character study, self esteem, underdog, juvenile delinquency, love and romance, teenage life, social misfits, adolescence, small town, teenager, pacifist, father son relationship, morality, love, death, satire, storytelling, passion, morgue, sword ...
Time:
year 2004, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
west virginia, virginia, american
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Most similar movies to Dear Wendy
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, weird, stylized and serious films with plots about friendship, coming of age, youth, friend, teenager, kiss and cigarette smoking mostly in Drama, Romance and Crime genres. Some movies like Dear Wendy: Little Athens (2005), Intermission (2003), Disco Pigs (2001), The Chumscrubber (2005), Hurricane Streets (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A day in Athens, Arizona, as teens and twenty-somethings navigate life without a compass. Jimmy has gambling debts and sees a chance to steal and sell a dead-man's stash of drugs. The corpse's cousin smells a rat. Jessica, who is ...
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serious, realistic, suspense, independent film, crying ...
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friendship, youth, eviction, life is a bitch, crime gone awry, juvenile delinquency, kids in trouble, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, drug dealing, vengeance ...
Place:
arizona, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A raucous story of the interweaving lives and loves of small-town delinquents, shady cops, pretty good girls and very bad boys. With Irish guts and grit, lives collide, preconceptions shatter and romance is tested to the extreme. An ill-timed and ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, touching, black comedy, witty ...
Plot:
infidelity, justice, profanity, eccentricity, multiple storylines, couple relations, heist, love and romance, caper, existentialism, gangster, male female relationship ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, europe
Similarity:
93%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Ireland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Pig and Runt born on the same day, in the same hospital, moments apart. Twins, all but by bloodline. Inseparable from birth, they are almost telepathic. They are one, needing no one else, inhabiting a delicate, insular and dangerous world where they ...
Style:
psychological, serious, realistic, suspenseful, rough ...
Plot:
couples, friendship, friends, youth, love and romance, teenage life, couple relations, child abuse, sex, love, doomed love, male female relationship ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
ireland, europe, dublin ireland
Similarity:
92%
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. ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, bleak, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, dark humor, suburbs, suicide, kidnapping, youth, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, satire, friendship, mistaken identity, high school ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
91%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Marcus is a kid on Manhattan's mean streets. He's turning 15, his father is dead, his mother is in prison for smuggling undocumented aliens. His grandmother is raising him. He has four close buddies who have a basement clubhouse; they ...
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independent film, realistic, serious, disturbing, rough ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
coming of age, gang, friendship, boy, dysfunctional family, children, violence, teenager, runaway, little boy, worship, theft ...
Time:
year 1997, 90s, 70s
Place:
new york, new mexico, lower east side manhattan new york city, alaska, manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, UK, France, Finland, Norway, Italy
Duration: 171 min.
Story:
A barren soundstage is stylishly utilized to create a minimalist small-town setting in which a mysterious woman named Grace hides from the criminals who pursue her. The town is two-faced and offers to harbor Grace as long as she can make it worth ...
Style:
art house, psychological, bleak, philosophical, cerebral ...
Plot:
rape, society, morality, twists and turns, victim, female protagonist, vengeance, gangster, rocky mountains, sex scene, making love, haunted by the past ...
Time:
1930s, year 2003, future, near future, year 2004 ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: France, UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on a controversial French novel, Lila Says tells the story of a quiet young poet named Chimo who develops a crush on the pretty, blond Lila, a girl who recently moved into his Arab ghetto with her aunt. When the leader of a rival gang also ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, non-linear, emotional, art house ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
dream girl, young girl, sex, horniness, making love, voyeur, blonde, coming of age, erotic fantasy, lesbian, flirting, love triangle ...
Time:
year 2004, near future
Place:
texas, paris france, middle east, maghreb, lebanon ...
Similarity:
87%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A day in the life of a group of troubled 15-year-olds growing up in west London.
Style:
serious, tense, rough, hood, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
bullying, gang, urban ghetto life, ghetto, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, urban, teenage life, social decay, gangster, friendship, teenage love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england, united kingdom, britain, europe
Similarity:
87%
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar ...
Style:
witty, visually appealing, touching, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, teenage love, teenager, school, high school, virginity, high school life, youth, teen angst, rock, social relations ...
Time:
year 2010, 80s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
wales, england, britain
Similarity:
85%
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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. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, disturbing, emotional, crying
Plot:
coming of age, boy, nude young male, teenage boy, female nudity, violence, bicycle, teenager, teenage girl, male nudity, gym, vacation ...
Time:
60s, year 1961
Place:
denmark, scandinavia, europe
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
As a fan of Albert Camus and Jean-Luc Godard, teenage Nick Twisp is definitely out of his element when his mother and her boyfriend move the family to a trailer park. When a pretty neighbor named Sheeni plays records by French crooners, it's ...
Style:
teen, witty, surreal, black comedy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
teenager, coming of age, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loss of virginity, teenage love, longing, adolescence, teen angst, high school, virginity, shyness, teenage life ...
Time:
year 2009, future, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, bay area, usa, oakland california, france ...
Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
The first independent film to emerge from the former British colony since the changeover to China in 1997, Made in Hong Kong is an intoxicating drama about teenage alienation.
Style:
art house, crime drama, cult classic, brutal, neo noir ...
Plot:
sexualized violence, triad, chinese mafia, losing-it hero, criminal, male rape victim, love letter, street crime, troubled, organized crime, alienation, architecture ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1996
Place:
china, hong kong, asia
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a beautiful first-grade teacher arrives at a prep school, she soon attracts the attention of an ambitious teenager named Max, who quickly falls in love with her. Max turns to the father of two of his schoolmates for advice on how to woo the ...
Style:
funny, teen, dark comedy, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, depression, jealousy, teacher, mentor, love triangle, teen angst, adolescence, preparatory school, student ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, y2k, year 1998
Place:
midwest, texas, usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Iceland, Germany, UK, Denmark
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
17 year old Noi drifts through life on a remote fjord in Iceland. In winter, the fjord is cut off from the outside world, surrounded by ominous mountains and buried under a shroud of snow. Noi dreams of escaping from this white-walled prison with ...
Style:
harsh, touching, depressing, enigmatic, bleak ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, family relations, teenage life, unfulfilled love, death, social relations, hopes, love and romance, parents and children, dull life ...
Time:
70s
Place:
iceland, new york, singapore, hawaii, cairo egypt
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Two youngsters declare to their parents that they want to get married. Not sometime in the future but as soon as possible.
Style:
teen, offbeat, cult classic, dark comedy, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
young love, coming of age, first love, forbidden love, youth, school, child, girl, parents, amusement park, teacher, surrealism ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s, 20th century
Place:
england, europe, united kingdom, britain
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Josh is about to turn 30; he's mentally retarded, and likes to play at being a vampire. His sister Nicole is 15, and dealing with her impending womanhood; middle brother Mike is the "normal" one, but in some ways the most childish - ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, humorous, realistic, funny ...
Plot:
mentally challenged, love and romance, obsession, dysfunctional family, teenage life, youth, lifestyle, misfit, siblings relations, sexual relations, couples, family problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A group of high school friends discover that they are in the presence of a killer. One of them, Samson, has murdered his girlfriend Jamie. He brags to his friends about killing her, and when they discover he is telling the truth, their reactions ...
Style:
independent film, creepy, retro, cult classic, dark ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, murder, strong sexual content, teenager, drug abuse, violence, death, marijuana, drug, serial killer, small town ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
oregon, california, usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.
Style:
erotic, surreal, art house, cult classic, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
lovers on the run, sex, forced sex, voyeurism, satanist, on the road, gay, male nudity, making love, surrealism, torture, sex in car ...
Time:
near future, 90s
Place:
seattle, california
Similarity:
82%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A group of over-achieving Asian-American high school seniors enjoy a power trip when they dip into extra-curricular criminal activities.
Style:
tense, intense, disturbing, depressing, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, cheerleader, gang, friendship, making love, visceral, adolescence, crime gone awry, mentor, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, las vegas
Similarity:
82%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, Germany
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
The lives of two Danish families cross each other, and an extraordinary but risky friendship comes into bud. But loneliness, frailty and sorrow lie in wait.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, bleak, harsh, gloomy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
bully, bullying, friendship, father son relationship, revenge, divorce, childhood, parenthood, youth, society, alienation, coming of age ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
africa, sudan, scandinavia, denmark, europe ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
The incredibly spoiled and overprivileged students of Camden College are a backdrop for an unusual love triangle between a drug dealer, a virgin and a bisexual classmate.
Style:
sexy, dark comedy, stylized, teen, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
college, sex, suicide, virginity, violence, drug abuse, lesbian, party, virgin, nudity, youth, love triangle ...
Time:
20th century, 2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
new hampshire, italy, paris france, dublin ireland, europe ...
Similarity:
81%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Looking to escape her unhappy marriage, villainous femme fatale Bridget Gregory (Linda Fiorentino) convinces her husband, Clay (Bill Pullman), to sell cocaine, then steals the profits and runs out on him. She stops in a small town en route to ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, neo noir, black comedy, suspense ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
femme fatale, small town, couples, private detective, manipulation, murder, profanity, greed, sociopath, love triangle, infidelity, betrayal ...
Time:
90s, year 1994
Place:
new york, usa, miami, boston, chicago ...
Similarity:
81%
763
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Young Hana had lost everything in the earthquake and tsunami and was being taken care of by a relative named Jungo. As Hana grew up she began to fall in love with her own relative.
Style:
serious, psychological, disturbing, atmospheric, realistic ...
Plot:
father daughter incest, forbidden love, orphan, lolita, first sexual experience, ice, homicide, older man younger woman relationship, family relations, obsession, love and romance, single parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
japan
Similarity:
81%
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A story about a troubled boy growing up in England, set in 1983. He comes across a few skinheads on his way home from school, after a fight. They become his new best friends even like family. Based on experiences of director Shane Meadows.
Style:
political, depressing, cult classic, stylized, harsh ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
skinhead, racism, childhood, friendship, coming of age, neo nazi, adolescence, nationalism, boy, children, youth, violent ...
Time:
80s, year 1983, year 2006, 2000s, 20th century
Place:
england, britain, northern england, united kingdom, europe ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A teen drama set during the fall potato harvest in a small northern Maine town.
Style:
captivating, realistic, tense, psychological, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, small town, youth, teenage life, social relations, drug, police, harvest, couples, teenager, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A Spanish coming of age story focusing on the antics of two 17 year olds, who have a posh beach house almost all to themselves one summer. This is also a summer of sexual awakenings.
Style:
lgbt cinema, sexual, stylized, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens
Plot:
coming of age, gay, gay teenager, gay interest, gay youth, friendship, lovers, self discovery, best friend, teenage love, innocence lost, friendship between boys ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
spain, barcelona, europe, catalonia, tokyo ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, heartbreaking, sexy, emotional ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
lovers, friendship, youth, love hate relationship, game, love story, best friends in love, friends, relationships, childhood love, first love, music box ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
france, europe, belgium, paris france
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
What happens when a person decides that life is merely a state of mind? If you're Betty, a small-town waitress and soap opera fan from Fair Oaks, Kansas, you refuse to believe that you can't be with the love of your life just because he ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, witty, light, realistic ...
Plot:
happy ending, hitman, hospital, murder, sexy nurse, medical, memory loss, psychology, professional killer, delusion, losing-it hero, obsessive quest ...
Time:
y2k, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, kansas, usa, new mexico ...
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 237 min.
Story:
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Style:
slow cinema, art house, aesthetic, existential, social ...
Plot:
murder, coming of age, love, teenager, street gang, schoolgirl, bookstore, mouse, asian, sadness, slow burn, martial arts ...
Time:
60s, year 1991, 20th century, year 1959, year 1960 ...
Place:
taiwan, nebraska, taipei, asia
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
An abused wife heads to California to become a movie star while her nephew back in Alabama has to deal with a racially-motivated murder involving a corrupt sheriff.
Style:
humorous, stylized, captivating, black comedy, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, racism, murder, civil rights, segregation, murder trial, hopes, police, courtroom, aunt nephew relationship, society, life is a bitch ...
Time:
year 1999, 60s, 20th century, year 1965
Place:
alabama, america, usa, california, texas ...
Similarity:
79%
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