Movies like Election
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Election (1999)
111K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, political, humorous, witty, realistic, funny, philosophical, semi serious, parody ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teacher, high school, politics, election, teenage girl, satire, jealousy, school, coming of age, campaign, adultery, infidelity, teenager, society, college, election campaign, manipulation, adolescence, teenage life, lifestyle, high school life, loner, corruption, female protagonist, relationships ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, y2k, 20th century
Place:
nebraska, washington d.c., manhattan new york city, new york, usa, california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, teen and sexy films with plots about high school, teenage girl, youth, teenager, coming of age, school and runaway mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Election: Easy A (2010), Submarine (2010), My Teacher's Wife (1999), Dick (1999), Clueless (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Todd Boomer is a college student aspiring to get into University. His chances are looking poor when his maths teacher, fails him in every maths test. Help arrives in the guise of the gorgeous Vicki, a mathematical genius who decides to tutor Todd. ...
Style:
sexual, sex comedy, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
unfaithful wife, older woman younger man relationship, tutor, teacher student sex, teachers and students, older woman younger man, adultery, teacher student relationship, milf, female nudity, age-gap relationship, infidelity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, harvard university
Similarity:
100%
23K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Comedy about two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate ...
Style:
humorous, political, teen, not serious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, politics, high school, friendship, marijuana, president, stupidity, farce, political cover up, alternate history, political satire, witness ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
sorority, lawyer, girl power, blonde, law school, fashion, college, law, university, law student, campus, believe in yourself ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, boston, harvard university, los angeles, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
100%
126K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
Style:
black comedy, teen, witty, cult classic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen fantasy, adult ...
Plot:
murder, high school, dark humor, suicide, murderous pair, teenage girl, coming of age, friendship, satire, teenage life, insanity, sociopath ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, california, canada
Similarity:
100%
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.
Style:
satirical, political, humorous, witty, thought provoking ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
politics, political satire, hip hop, political corruption, satire, election, interracial romance, senator, fighting the system, insurance, interracial, campaign ...
Time:
20th century, year 1998, 90s
Place:
california, america, los angeles, usa, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
100%
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207K
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A high school romantic comedy about freshman Victor who has contracted a case of Anya-itis, (acute and incurable love passion for high school senior Anja.) And why shouldn't he?
Style:
teen sex comedy, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
teenage love, popular girl, high school, sex doll, youth, love and romance, high school life, teenage life, social relations, teenager, party, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 76 min.
Story:
In Skoddeheimen, Norway, 15-year-old Alma is consumed by her hormones and fantasies that range from sweetly romantic images of Artur, the boyfriend she yearns for, to daydreams about practically everybody she lays eyes on.
Style:
sexy, realistic, humorous, semi serious, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
coming of age, phone sex, youth, teenage life, teenage girl, sexual fantasy, sexual attraction, erotic fantasy, female sexuality, teenage sexuality, unrequited love, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
europe, scandinavia, oslo norway
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, teen romance, youth, bet, fall in love, young love, high school life, teenage girl, teenage love, friendship ...
Time:
90s, y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A high school slacker pretends to be sick to skip school and have an exciting day off alongside his girlfriend and his best buddy through Chicago, while trying to outwit his obsessive school principal and his unconformited sister along the way.
Style:
feel good, entertaining, funny, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, school, teacher, teenage girl, teen angst, teenage angst, teenage boy, rebel, skipping school ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The trials and tribulations of wealthy young Manhattanites and their sexual coming of age, a romantic comedy set at an Upper East Side prep school.
Style:
independent film, sexual, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, teen ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
female sexuality, private school, coming of age, ecstasy the drug, high school, loss of virginity, preparatory school, friendship, sexuality, casual sex, sex scene, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
Style:
sexy, teen, humorous, erotic, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
virginity, female sexuality, sex, teenage girl, happy ending, looking for sex, first sex, teenage love, loss of virginity, youth, love and romance, teenage life ...
Time:
90s, 2010s, 20th century, year 1993, 80s
Place:
idaho, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
On a bet, a gridiron hero at John Hughes High School sets out to turn a bespectacled plain Jane into a beautiful and popular prom queen in this outrageous send-up of the teen movie genre.
Style:
parody, teen sex comedy, spoof, sex comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, prom, teenager, cheerleading, adolescence, cheerleader, dumb, college, masturbation, lesbian sex, female masturbation, party ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
north america
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Style:
feel good, slang, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
coming of age, high school, party, teen romance, obsessive love, teenager, friendship, friends, young lovers, dancing, teenage protagonist, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, california, australia
Similarity:
100%
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:
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%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most ...
Style:
teen, independent film, entertaining, cynical, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
coming of age, teenage life, youth, adolescence, bully, psychiatrist, therapy, misfit, bullying, girlfriend, high school, mental disorder ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A 16-year-old girl visits her gay half-brother and ends up seducing his boyfriend, thus wreaking havoc on all of their lives.
Style:
dark comedy, biting, erotic, sexual, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
lgbtq, gay, gay interest, sex, lgbt, gay man has sex with a woman, heterosexuality, death of lover, coming of age, satire, pregnancy, teenage girl ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
louisiana, canada, los angeles, las vegas, palm springs california ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as ...
Style:
entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
high school, cross dressing, gender disguise, gender bending, gender bender, adolescence, tomboy, sexism, prom, college, hidden identity, newspaper ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
Place:
california, phoenix arizona, tucson arizona, arizona, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
A 15-year-old girl incites chaos among her friends and a media frenzy when she accuses her drama teacher of sexual harassment.
Style:
biting, erotic, dark comedy, independent film, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
lesbian, adolescence, sex, lesbian sex, teenager, dysfunctional family, school, sexual harassment, coming of age, false accusation, high school, revenge ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his ...
Style:
sexual, sexy, romantic, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama ...
Plot:
seduction, manipulation, teenager, femme fatale, bet, incest, sex, bad girl, teenage life, virginity, sexual activity, teenage girl ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 18th century
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, canada
Similarity:
50%
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:
100%
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