Movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off

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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
 7.8
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Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
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, light, teen, humorous, intense, semi serious, laugh out loud, inspirational ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, chick flick, family friendly, date night, girls' night ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, teacher, teenage girl, friendship, teen angst, school, teenage angst, teenage boy, skipping school, rebel, bare chested male, love, adolescence, youth, student, best friend, teenage protagonist, teenage rebellion, sibling rivalry, truancy, buddy, car, childhood ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, california, united states, united states of america
Keyword: buddy movie, oldies, reboot, reluctant, downtown

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Most similar movies to Ferris Bueller's Day Off

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, realistic, humorous and funny films with plots about high school, teenager, coming of age, youth, teenage girl, teenage life and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Ferris Bueller's Day Off: The Breakfast Club (1985), Sixteen Candles (1984), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Pretty in Pink (1986), Superbad (2007). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Breakfast Club (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style: teen, talky, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teen angst, teenage girl, adolescence vs adulthood, brat pack ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: chicago
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92%
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
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, sweet, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, high school life, youth, self discovery, teenage girl, teenage love, first love, female nudity, teen romance ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: illinois, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, ...
Style: teen sex comedy, feel good, humorous, funny, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage pregnancy, stoner, unwanted pregnancy, friendship, youth, high school life, shopping mall, sex scene, loss of virginity ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.7
 88K
Pretty in Pink (1986)
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: teens, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage girl, teen romance, bullying, class differences, father daughter relationship, relationships, love story, high school life, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
92%
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Superbad (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: High school best buddies are facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from a fake ID-toting friend, the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.
Style: sex comedy, teen sex comedy, hilarious, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, teenager, nerd, coming of age, adolescence, youth, party, teenage life, dumb, friendship, loss of virginity, bromance ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, near future, y2k, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
 6.9
 243K
Clueless (1995)
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, teen, romantic, light, rom com ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, fashion, youth, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, popularity, teenage love, enemies to lovers ...
Time: 90s, y2k, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Dazed and Confused (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, weed, party, bullying, drug, summer ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: texas, seattle, midwest, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
 5.8
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The New Guy (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
Style: feel good, funny, teen, hilarious, parody ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, high school, bullying, friendship, starting over, stereotypes, high school life, cheerleader, teenage love, misfit, cheerleading, youth ...
Time: y2k, 2000s
Place: austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Better Off Dead... (1985)
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, humorous, dark comedy, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, skiing, teenager, high school, suicide attempt, youth, slutty attitude, machismo, teenage love, young lovers, rivalry, unfulfilled love ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place: usa, california, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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Mean Girls (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Style: feel good, teen, light, funny, witty ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, teenage girl, teenage life, adolescence, fish out of water, high school life, bullying, bad girl, popularity, jealousy, female friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: africa, illinois, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Summer School (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with ...
Style: funny, laugh out loud, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: teacher, summer, summer school, teenager, high school, teacher student relationship, teaching, teenage girl, gym teacher, dyslexia, underage drinking, chainsaw ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.4
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Valley Girl (1983)
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, sex comedy, light, slang, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, party, friends, friendship, obsessive love, teen romance, dancing, love triangle, punk rock, love ...
Time: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
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Heathers (1988)
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, dark comedy, teen, cult classic, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, dark humor, murder, suicide, murderous pair, teenage girl, teenage life, teenager, coming of age, insanity, sociopath, friendship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Expelled (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, disgusting, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, teenage life, prankster, coming of age, high school life, youth, friends, school expulsion, college, power relations, teenage girl, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 7.2
 328K
School of Rock (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his students the finer points of rock 'n' ...
Style: feel good, funny, entertaining, inspirational, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, chick flick, family friendly ...
Plot: music, teacher, teachers and students, school, children, musician, rock music, rock and roll, high school, music band, rock band, music history ...
Time: year 2003, 2000s, y2k, 21st century
Place: america, new york, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
 107K
Uncle Buck (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: As an idle, good-natured bachelor, Uncle Buck is the last person you would think of to watch the kids. However, during a family crisis, he is suddenly left in charge of his nephew and nieces. Unaccustomed to suburban life, fun-loving Uncle Buck soon ...
Style: feel good, funny, light, entertaining, touching ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: childhood, unlikely friendships, teenager, child care, parents and children, when the parents are away, babysitter, happy ending, fish out of water, respect, uncle nephew relationship, mischievous children ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, wisconsin, minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Three O'Clock High (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A high school nerd, Jerry Mitchell (Siemaszko) is assigned to write a piece for the school paper about new boy Buddy Revell (Tyson), who is rumored to be a psychopathic nutcase. When Jerry accidentally touches Buddy, he says that they must fight in ...
Style: black comedy, cult classic, entertaining, clever, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, bullying, teenager, friendship, juvenile delinquent, panic, psychopath, courage, unlikely hero, teenage protagonist, fistfight, showdown ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Grown Ups (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: After their high school basketball coach passes away, five good friends and former teammates reunite for a Fourth of July holiday weekend.
Style: funny, humorous, entertaining, buddy comedy, teen ...
Audience: kids, girls' night, teens
Plot: vacation, friendship, kids and family, friends, old friends reunited, family life, foul language, childhood, buddy, reunited friends, silly humor, breast feeding ...
Time: 2010s, year 2010, 2000s, year 1978, 70s ...
Place: boston, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Pump Up the Volume (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Mark Hunter is an intelligent but shy teenager who has just moved to suburban Arizona from New York. Unbeknownst to his parents and peers, at 10pm each school night Mark takes to the shortwave radio in his basement and transforms into pirate DJ ...
Style: teen, cult classic, independent film, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: radio, high school, teenager, coming of age, suicide, rebellion, rock, youth, rock and roll, school, misfit, teen angst ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: arizona, seattle, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Cry-Baby (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: A prim and proper schoolgirl goes against her mother's wishes when she dates a motorcycle-riding juvenile delinquent.
Style: humorous, sentimental, light, parody, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: rock and roll, forbidden love, youth, music, gang, teenage love, juvenile delinquent, couples, juvenile delinquency, biker, teenager, teenage life ...
Time: 50s, 1950s, 90s, 20th century, year 1954
Place: baltimore, maryland, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Great Outdoors (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: It's vacation time for outdoorsy Chicago man Chet Ripley, along with his wife, Connie, and their two kids, Buck and Ben. But a serene weekend of fishing at a Wisconsin lakeside cabin gets crashed by Connie's obnoxious brother-in-law, Roman ...
Style: funny, feel good, humorous, cult classic, slapstick ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen drama
Plot: camp, family vacation, bear, wilderness, holiday, teenage girl, nothing goes right, family relations, youth, disorder, parents and children, friendship ...
Time: 80s
Place: minnesota, chicago, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.1
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Booksmart (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two academic teenage superstars realize, on the eve of their high school graduation, that they should have worked less and played more. Determined to never fall short of their peers, the girls set out on a mission to cram four years of fun into one ...
Style: feel good, teen, cult classic, funny, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot: lesbian, coming of age, high school, teenager, lesbian teen, last day of school, teenage sex, female best friends, lesbian sex, teen party, lesbian interest, sexual humor ...
Time: year 2019, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new haven connecticut, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
 5.7
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Hot Pursuit (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Young Danny is following his rich girlfriend's family to the Caribbean. But suddenly he simply must make a chemistry test and cannot go with them. After they have left, he gets a leave from his professor and takes a plane to find them. But he ...
Style: feel good, road movie, entertaining, light, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, chase, boat, rescue, nothing goes right, disorder, friendship, youth, teenager, coming of age, prisoner, airport ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: caribbean
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Sue Ellen Crandell is a teenager eagerly awaiting her mother's summer-long absence. While the babysitter looks after her rambunctious younger siblings, Sue Ellen can party and have fun. But then the babysitter abruptly dies, leaving the ...
Style: feel good, humorous, entertaining, light, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night
Plot: fashion, teenager, mischievous children, coming of age, children, high school, babysitter, dysfunctional family, childhood, crime gone awry, twists and turns, family relations ...
Time: 90s, year 1990
Place: australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 7.0
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Easy A (2010)
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, teen sex comedy, entertaining, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, adolescence, youth, teenage girl, high school life, teenage life, notoriety, love and romance, classmate, popularity ...
Time: year 2010, 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, xian, usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
 6.1
 64K
Wild Child (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Rebellious 16 year old Poppy from Mailibu is sent to an English boarding school. Realising her Father isn't coming back to rescue her she tries to get expelled.
Style: feel good, teen, romantic, light, sweet ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot: boarding school, teenager, school, teenage girl, youth, teenage life, girls' boarding school, love and romance, popularity, friendship, rebellious daughter, girls' school ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s
Place: england, europe, malibu california, yorkshire, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.4
 547K
Juno (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style: funny, touching, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, pregnancy, adoption, teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, high school, love and romance, female protagonist, teenage girl, strong female character, friendship ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
High School U.S.A. (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in a senior high school class, J.J. (Michael J. Fox) pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, school, high school, teen angst, school bully, bullying, love, rivalry, cheerleader, school janitor, disorder, friends ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: colorado, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
American Graffiti (1973)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Style: humorous, teen, melancholic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, date night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, small town, rock and roll, friendship, car, drag racing, teenager, street racing, first love, love at first sight, rebellious youth ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 1950s, near future, year 1973 ...
Place: california, arizona, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
She's Out of Control (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A Los Angeles radio-station manager's girlfriend shows his teenage daughter how to be sexy.
Style: humorous, melancholic, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, girls' night
Plot: teenage daughter, makeover, coming of age, father daughter relationship, single father, teenager, teenage love, love and romance, family relations, child as adult, dating, single parent ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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