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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
 6.7
 40K
Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a small Minnesota town, the annual beauty pageant is being covered by a TV crew. Former winner Gladys Leeman wants to make sure her daughter follows in her footsteps; explosions, falling lights, and trailer fires prove that. As the Leemans are the richest family in town, the police are pretty relaxed about it all. Despite everything, main rival (but sweet) Amber Atkins won't give up without a fight.
Style: mockumentary, dark comedy, black comedy, feel good, humorous, clever, witty, teen, not serious, satirical ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot: beauty pageant, murder, small town, farce, obsession, satire, dark humor, twists and turns, manipulation, blind ambition, pedophile, beauty queen, cheerleader, trailer park, youth, society, contests and competitions, social relations, small town life, teenage girl, physical appearance, corruption, deaf, teenager, coming of age ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 1995, 1990s
Place: minnesota, usa
Keyword: american, trailer trash, plymouth, loud

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about high school, youth, teenager, teenage girl, friendship, coming of age and love mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Drop Dead Gorgeous: The House Bunny (2008), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Slap Her, She's French! (2002), Jawbreaker (1999), Mean Girls (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The House Bunny (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Shelley is living a carefree life until a rival gets her tossed out of the Playboy Mansion. With nowhere to go, fate delivers her to the sorority girls from Zeta Alpha Zeta. Unless they can sign a new pledge class, the seven socially clueless women ...
Style: feel good, teen, funny, humorous, romantic ...
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Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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But I'm a Cheerleader (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Megan is an all-American girl. A cheerleader. She has a boyfriend. But Megan doesn't like kissing her boyfriend very much. And she's pretty touchy with her cheerleader friends. Her conservative parents worry that she must be a lesbian and ...
Style: feel good, sexual, surreal, funny, teen ...
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Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: usa
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Slap Her, She's French! (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Welcome to Splendona High School, Texas, where football players, cheerleaders and beauty queens rule the hallways. And Starla Grady, the most popular girl in school, is on top of it all. That is, at least until Genevieve LePlouff, a French foreign ...
Style: funny, humorous, sexy, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot: high school, cheerleader, culture clash, cheerleading, fish out of water, youth, unfulfilled love, high school life, contests and competitions, small town life, lifestyle, young lovers ...
Time: year 2002, 2000s
Place: texas, france, austin texas, usa, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 29K
Jawbreaker (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: 3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the ...
Style: dark comedy, teen, black comedy, humorous, cult classic ...
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Plot: high school, prom, popularity, bullying, dark humor, teenager, fashion, prank, murder, prank gone wrong, popular girl, friendship ...
Time: 90s, future, y2k, 20th century, 2000s
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Duration: 97 min.
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Style: feel good, teen, light, funny, witty ...
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: If there's one thing this wild group of friends at an all-girls high school has learned, it's how to get what they want! So when word leaks out that their school is about to merge with an all-boys academy, some of the students strike ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.6
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: funny, romantic, parody, witty, humorous ...
Audience: date night
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Time: year 1991, 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, montana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.2
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Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Orphan Mary Katherine Gallagher, an ugly duckling at St. Monica High School, has a dream: to be kissed soulfully. She decides she can realize this dream if she becomes a superstar, so her prayers, her fantasies, and her conversations with her only ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.9
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Style: feel good, teen, romantic, light, rom com ...
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Time: 90s, y2k, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 6.4
 101K
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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Duration: 101 min.
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 7.3
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Duration: 103 min.
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Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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 6.5
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 5.2
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Duration: 100 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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 51K
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⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Better Off Dead... (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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Duration: 104 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Bachelorette (2012)
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Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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