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Drop Dead Gorgeous (1999)
45K
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, clever, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, teen, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
murder, satire, dark humor, small town, beauty pageant, farce, cheerleader, trailer park, twists and turns, obsession, teenage girl, pedophile, beauty queen, manipulation, blind ambition, youth, society, contests and competitions, social relations, small town life, corruption, deaf, physical appearance, teenager, coming of age ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995, year 1999, 1990s
Place:
minnesota, usa, american
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, feel good and semi serious films with plots about high school, teenager, mentor, dialogue, teenage girl, runaway and catastrophe mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Drop Dead Gorgeous: Jawbreaker (1999), But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), All I Wanna Do (1998), Slap Her, She's French! (2002), John Tucker Must Die (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, parody, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, prom, teenager, dark humor, popularity, bullying, fashion, prank, murder, prank gone wrong, popular girl, teenage girl ...
Time:
90s, future, y2k, 20th century, 2000s ...
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexual, teen, cult classic, feel good, dark comedy ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, sapphic, lesbian love, gay, lgbt, gays and lesbians, conversion therapy, cheerleading, lgbtq, cheerleader, lesbian relationship, lesbianism ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
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 ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, period piece, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, boarding school, gender, teenage life, teenage love, high school, battle of the sexes, school, youth, bullying, girls' school, friendship between girls ...
Time:
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Place:
new york state, new jersey, tokyo
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, UK, USA
Duration: 88 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:
sexy, funny, teen, humorous, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
cheerleader, high school, cheerleading, culture clash, high school life, youth, fish out of water, young lovers, unfulfilled love, contests and competitions, small town life, best friend ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s
Place:
france, austin texas, europe, usa, texas ...
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After discovering they are all dating the same same guy, three popular students from different cliques band together for revenge, so they enlist the help of a new gal in town and conspire to break the jerk's heart, while destroying his ...
Style:
romantic, sexy, funny, entertaining, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
womanizer, teenager, teenage girl, high school life, high school, teen romance, cheerleader, popularity, teenage love, cheerleading, teenage life, school ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
portland oregon, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
441K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, teen sex comedy, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, adolescence, youth, teenage love, high school life, teenage girl, teenage life, notoriety, classmate, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, xian, usa, florida, seattle
Similarity:
100%
349K
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
College student Beca knows she does not want to be part of a clique, but that's exactly where she finds herself after arriving at her new school. Thrust in among mean gals, nice gals and just plain weird gals, Beca finds that the only thing ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, funny, realistic, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot:
youth, music, competition, female friendship, college life, rivalry, college, female protagonist, singing competition, music band, audition, friends ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
21K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
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 ...
Style:
inspirational, humorous, melancholic, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
cheerleader, school, catholic school, nerdy girl, happy ending, high school, teenage life, contests and competitions, love and romance, unfulfilled love, friendship, fish out of water ...
Time:
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Similarity:
100%
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275K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, rom com, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, fashion, youth, teenager, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, enemies to lovers, popularity, teenage love ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, seattle
Similarity:
67%
19K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Celeste Talbert is the star of the long-running soap opera "The Sun Also Sets." With the show's ratings down, Celeste's ruthlessly ambitious co-star, Montana Moorehead, and the show's arrogant producer, David Seton Barnes, ...
Style:
funny, parody, spoof, romantic, humorous ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
satire, destiny, television, transgender, women, actor, farce, drinking, love, transsexual, flirting, lgbtq ...
Time:
year 1991, 20th century, 90s
Place:
montana, usa, florida, seattle, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
113K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, teen, romantic, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, teenage girl, popular girl, teenager, adolescence, believe in yourself, female protagonist, high school life, hip hop ...
Time:
2000s, 1900s, year 2000, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
florida, california, los angeles, usa, north america ...
Similarity:
50%
107K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
feel good, funny, teen, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, relationships, youth, high school life, coming of age, school, adolescence, teenage life, stereotypes, friendship, popularity ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, teen, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, fall in love, teenager, shakespeare, happy ending, teenage life, destiny, love triangle, lone hero, adolescence, mentor, underdog ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who's convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her ...
Style:
sweet, teen, romantic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, true love, teenage love, wedding, high school, bullying, happy ending, coming of age, pregnancy, love and romance, youth, family problems ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
When her daughter Shanna is disqualified from competing for her Junior High School cheer leading squad, Wanda Holloway tries to get her ex-husband's brother, Terry Harper, to hire a hitman to incapacitate Shanna's rival or the girl's ...
Style:
dark comedy, biting, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
cheerleader, cheerleading, junior high school, ruler, killing spree, serial killer, gymnastics, love, murder, hitman, family relations, dark humor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
Style:
feel good, touching, teen, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, teenage life, high school life, youth, teenage love, teenage girl, self discovery, female nudity, wedding, first love ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, california, seattle
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Gabriel Higgs has failed to get into Johns Hopkins to study medicine. He's sixth on a list of backup candidates, and must persuade the five people ahead of him to drop out. Gabriel has a family tradition to live up to. Things don't go to ...
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, slasher, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder, medical school, computer cracker, frame up, college, satire, dishonesty, rivalry, amateur detective, contests and competitions, youth, cons and scams ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Waxing nostalgic about the bittersweet passage from childhood to puberty in this tender coming-of-age tale, four childhood girlfriends -- Teeny, Chrissy, Samantha and Roberta -- recall the magical summer of 1970. During their walk down memory lane, ...
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, small town, women, childhood, adolescence vs adulthood, female friendship, youth, teenage life, adolescence, friends, children ...
Time:
90s, year 1970, year 1991, 70s, year 1995 ...
Place:
usa, indiana
Similarity:
37%
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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, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night ...
Plot:
sorority, college, youth, college life, friendship, rivalry, personality change, cheerleading, makeover, campus, female friendship, friends ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lane Meyer is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper boy, and nearly unbearable dinners at home with ...
Style:
feel good, funny, dark comedy, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, skiing, teenager, snow, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teen angst, exchange student, depression, obsession, suicide attempt, slutty attitude ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, seattle
Similarity:
37%
135K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
While visiting his hometown during Christmas, a man comes face-to-face with his old high school crush whom he was best friends with – a woman whose rejection of him turned him into a ferocious womanizer.
Style:
romantic, feel good, humorous, light, funny ...
Audience:
date night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, adult
Plot:
best friends in love, teenager, christmas, love and romance, high school crush, true love, couples, fall in love, holiday, love, cheerleader, friends in love ...
Time:
year 2005, year 1995, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
new jersey, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style:
romantic, teen, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teen romance, teenage life, enemies to lovers, love and romance, teenage love, initially antagonists ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around ...
Style:
sexy, touching, teen, romantic comedy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage love, school, teenage life, coming of age, couples, youth, love and romance, parents and children, friends, puberty, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 80s
Place:
england, brighton, europe, new zealand, san francisco ...
Similarity:
36%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, China
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.
Style:
teen, witty, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, adolescence, teenager, coming of age, teen angst, best friend, troubled teen, female protagonist, teen romance, friendship, nymph, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 80s
Place:
california, oregon
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Office temp Charlotte Cantilini thinks she's found Mr. Right when she starts dating gorgeous surgeon Dr. Kevin Fields. But there's a problem standing in the way of everlasting bliss: Kevin's overbearing and controlling mother, Viola. ...
Style:
romantic, funny, entertaining, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
wedding, mother in law daughter in law relationship, meet the parents, love and romance, manipulation, rivalry, wedding planning, wedding day, uninhibited rivalry, marriage, mother son relationship, parents and children ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
california, san francisco, new jersey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
An advice columnist, Andie Anderson (Kate Hudson), tries pushing the boundaries of what she can write about in her new piece about how to get a man to leave you in 10 days. Her editor, Lana (Bebe Neuwirth), loves it, and Andie goes off to find a man ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, light, romantic comedy, rom com ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama ...
Plot:
love, love story, fall in love, battle of the sexes, love and romance, relationships, couples, unlikely couple, bet, dating, couple relations, initially antagonists ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa, madison square garden manhattan new york city, manhattan new york city, san francisco ...
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bookish and unpopular Mandy finds her luck finally changing when Drew, the school hottie, invites her to the year's biggest party. But with being grounded and Drew's ex-girlfriend bent on thwarting her, Mandy may be destined to remain a ...
Style:
teen, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, love and romance, high school life, wooing, teenage love, teenager, high school hunk, teenage life, youth, cheerleader, nightlife, lifestyle ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
romantic, funny, realistic, teen, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, college, high school, teenager, youth, house party, graduation, cheerleader, love story, party, american football, friends ...
Time:
90s, y2k, year 1998, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Andie is an outcast, hanging out either with her older boss, who owns the record store where she works, or her quirky high school classmate Duckie, who has a crush on her. When one of the rich and popular kids at school, Blane, asks Andie out, it ...
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, romantic comedy, melancholic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, bullying, coming of age, teenage girl, relationships, teen romance, teenager, class differences, high school student, love story, father daughter relationship, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, california
Similarity:
36%
134K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Both dumped by their girlfriends, two best friends seek refuge in the local mall.
Style:
entertaining, humorous, funny, talky, hilarious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
slacker, jay and silent bob, friendship, weed, youth, life philosophy, bare butt, videotaped sex, dumped by girlfriend, superhero, coming of age, one day ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
minnesota, seattle, usa, north america, new jersey ...
Similarity:
36%
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