Movies like Ghost World
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Ghost World (2001)
132K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' friendship.
Style:
black comedy, thought provoking, teen, independent film, realistic, melancholic, atmospheric, philosophical, indie film, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, age difference, graduation, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, teen angst, blues, best friend, high school student, misfit, youth, alienation, female protagonist, prank telephone call, father daughter relationship, cynicism, female best friends, sarcasm, high school, melancholy, older man young girl relationship, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles
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Most similar movies to Ghost World
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, independent film, clever and weird films with plots about friendship, coming of age, teenager, youth, adolescence, storytelling and mentor mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Ghost World: Juno (2007), The Chumscrubber (2005), Dirty Girl (2010), The Squid and the Whale (2005), Palo Alto (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
570K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
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:
touching, sweet, funny, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, adoption, high school, friendship, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, teenager, pregnant teenager, teenage girl, love and romance, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, seattle, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, South Korea, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
Style:
touching, road movie, teen, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship, happy ending, road trip, friends, female protagonist, sexpot, on the road, honest ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, oklahoma, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
depressing, sincere, talky, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
divorce, dysfunctional family, coming of age, father son relationship, infidelity, boy, adultery, marriage, drinking, cat, underage drinking, childhood ...
Time:
20th century, near future, year 2005, 80s, 2000s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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33K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Palo Alto weaves together three stories of teenage lust, boredom, and self-destruction: shy, sensitive April, torn between an illicit flirtation with her soccer coach and an unrequited crush on sweet stoner Teddy; Emily, who offers sexual favors to ...
Style:
atmospheric, melancholic, teen, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage life, youth, teenager, teenage girl, crush, loneliness, high school life, high school, unfulfillment ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
california, palo alto california, britain, usa, new jersey
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style:
disturbing, cult classic, black comedy, teen, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, misfit, dysfunctional family, bullying, childhood, humiliation, social outcast, female protagonist, school, youth, public humiliation, high school life ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, seattle, usa
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75%
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%
29K
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are ...
Style:
clever, witty, cynical, adult cartoon, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
sarcasm, loner, social misfits, everyday life, teenage life, high school life, antisocial behavior, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, teenage girl, teen angst, school ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
97%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
80%
360K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style:
gothic, cute, art house, sexual, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, first love, loss of virginity, father daughter relationship, prom, female protagonist, teenager, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 2002, year 2003, near future ...
Place:
sacramento california, california, new york, usa
Similarity:
71%
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:
70%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A family loaded with quirky, colorful characters piles into an old van and road trips to California for little Olive to compete in a beauty pageant.
Style:
road movie, feel good, melancholic, funny, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot:
road trip, dysfunctional family, on the road, nothing goes right, loser, gay, honest, obsessive quest, escapades, coming of age, suicide attempt, journey ...
Time:
2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place:
california, arizona, los angeles, nebraska, north america ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.
Style:
melancholic, atmospheric, cerebral, intellectual, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot:
loneliness, midlife crisis, older man younger woman relationship, age difference, friendship, character study, alienation, fish out of water, melancholy, unlikely couple, actor, hotel room ...
Time:
2000s, year 2003, 21st century
Place:
japan, tokyo, asia, yale university, america ...
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Style:
humorous, light, semi serious, sitcom, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
nerd, teenager, social misfits, coming of age, cheerleader, socially awkward, weed, high school student, friendship, high school life, teenage life, social relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, 2000s, year 1980 ...
Place:
michigan, usa, detroit
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Thirteen-year-old Kayla endures the tidal wave of contemporary suburban adolescence as she makes her way through the last week of middle school — the end of her thus far disastrous eighth grade year — before she begins high school.
Style:
touching, light, indie film, thought provoking, teen ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
father daughter relationship, teenage girl, adolescence, teenager, young adult, friendship, high school, middle school, social media, insecurity, self confidence, classmate classmate relationship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s
Place:
new york state
Similarity:
100%
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:
75%
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%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Style:
dark comedy, clever, black comedy, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
high school, teacher, writers, single father, loneliness, life & death, father son relationship, grief, family drama, caught masturbating, suicide, life philosophy ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, nebraska, seattle
Similarity:
100%
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21K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his ...
Style:
touching, tricky, psychological, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, self discovery, midlife crisis, relationships, small town, imaginary friend, life philosophy, character study, loneliness, depression, creativity ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
long island, atlantic ocean, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
55K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A young boy has lost his mother and is losing touch with his father and the world around him. Then he meets Hesher who manages to make his life even more chaotic.
Style:
bleak, thought provoking, serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
loner, grief, antisocial behavior, depression, trauma, arson, life is a bitch, family problems, rebelliousness, youth, family drama, dealing with death ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The young Harold lives in his own world of suicide-attempts and funeral visits to avoid the misery of his current family and home environment. Harold meets an 80-year-old woman named Maude who also lives in her own world yet one in which she is ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, feel good, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, suicide, funeral, older woman younger man relationship, eccentricity, misfit, old age, alienation, age difference, couples, cemetery, dark humor ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1971
Place:
california, san francisco, bay area, usa
Similarity:
100%
22K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A pistol-packing teen meets an unstable rebel and a cocaine-snorting drifter as she hitchhikes her way out West.
Style:
touching, realistic, independent film, semi serious, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, hitchhiker, teenage runaway, alcoholic, on the road, self discovery, teenage life, friendship, youth, lolita, nymphet, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 21st century
Place:
nebraska, oklahoma, usa, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In 1979 Santa Barbara, California, Dorothea Fields is a determined single mother in her mid-50s who is raising her adolescent son, Jamie, at a moment brimming with cultural change and rebellion. Dorothea enlists the help of two younger women – ...
Style:
sentimental, stylized, philosophical, aesthetic, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, feminism, feminist, parenting, teenage boy, teenage girl, women, loneliness, single mother, teenage son, parent child relationship ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1979, year 2016, 2010s ...
Place:
new york, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style:
melancholic, thought provoking, sexual, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional marriage, youth, adultery, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
usa, america, los angeles, iran
Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
independent film, cult classic, dark comedy, talky, art house ...
Plot:
drinking, drug addiction, addiction, drunk, small town, self discovery, coming of age, alcohol abuse, older man younger woman relationship, countryside, loner, drunkenness ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, new york, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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:
cult classic, teen, talky, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teenage girl, detention, teen angst, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
chicago, illinois, seattle
Similarity:
33%
141K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story about a teenage girl in 1960s suburban London, and how her life changes with the arrival of a playboy nearly twice her age.
Style:
realistic, sexy, period piece, costume drama, romantic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
age difference, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, love affair, lolita, teenage life, teenager, love, self discovery, direction and purpose, older man young girl relationship, betrayal ...
Time:
20th century, year 2009, 1900s, 60s, year 1961
Place:
london, paris france, france, united kingdom, britain ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Style:
humorous, dark comedy, teen, disturbing, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, adolescence, exploring sexuality, sexual awakening, family relations, sex, loss of virginity, teenage life, eccentric family, parents and children, social differences ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills, tokyo
Similarity:
50%
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, independent film, cult classic, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night, teens, kids, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
radio, high school, suicide, teenager, coming of age, rebellion, rock, youth, depression, social commentary, rock and roll, school ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
arizona, seattle, usa, phoenix arizona, california
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.
Style:
entertaining, teen, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
high school, coming of age, heist, friendship, teenage life, teenager, voice over narration, brother brother relationship, marijuana, breaking and entering, slacker, self sacrifice ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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