Movies like Heathers 1988

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Heathers (1988)
 7.2
 115K
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, semi serious, aesthetic, realistic, retro, parody ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, dark humor, murder, suicide, murderous pair, teenage girl, teenage life, teenager, coming of age, insanity, sociopath, friendship, adolescence, youth, teenage love, bullying, psychopath, suicide attempt, teacher, death, obsessive love, clique, satire, poisoning, female protagonist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: ohio, usa, canada, california
Keyword: oldies, partners, jewish, challenge

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Most similar movies to Heathers

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, teen and dark comedy films with plots about coming of age, teenager, high school, friendship, youth, teenage girl and teenage life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Heathers: Jawbreaker (1999), Pump Up the Volume (1990), Mean Girls (2004), The Doom Generation (1995), Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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 5.7
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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 ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
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
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
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 ⇓
94%
 7.1
 430K
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 ⇓
81%
The Doom Generation (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiemarts.
Style: erotic, disturbing, dark comedy, surreal, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: lovers on the run, on the road, sex, lgbt, satanist, sex slave, surrealism, road trip, dark humor, forced sex, golden retriever, mistaken identity ...
Time: near future, 90s
Place: seattle, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
86%
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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
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: dark comedy, disturbing, realistic, depressing, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, bullying, dysfunctional family, misfit, humiliation, teenager, youth, school, social outcast, female protagonist, childhood, high school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, near future, year 1995
Place: new jersey, seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 32K
Serial Mom (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A picture perfect middle class family is shocked when they find out that one of their neighbors is receiving obscene phone calls. The mom takes slights against her family very personally, and it turns out she is indeed the one harassing the ...
Style: dark comedy, parody, black comedy, disturbing, cult classic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: serial killer, dark humor, dysfunctional family, murder, housewife, suburbs, suburban life, female killer, female psychopath, police investigation, violence, farce ...
Time: 90s
Place: baltimore, usa, maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 7.3
 126K
Ghost World (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
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' ...
Style: black comedy, thought provoking, independent film, melancholic, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, age difference, friendship, adolescence, graduation, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, blues, teen angst, best friend, youth ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 15K
Sugar & Spice (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: When Jack and Diane find themselves in an unexpected adult situation, the A-Squad comes to their rescue. In order to help their friend Diane, the A-Squad goes where no cheerleader has gone before: taking on a little after-school project known as ...
Style: humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, heist, cheerleading, cheerleader, friendship, satire, teenage love, rebel, dark humor, girl gang, buddies, lifestyle ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
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 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 ⇓
83%
 6.0
 11K
Tragedy Girls (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small Midwestern town into a frenzy and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.
Style: slasher, disturbing, horror comedy, captivating, suspenseful ...
Audience: teens
Plot: social network, internet, female serial killer, girlfriend, lesbian subtext, murder, dark humor, obsession, high school, bad guys win, popularity, stalker ...
Time: year 2017
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their ...
Style: humorous, feel good, cult classic, hilarious, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: women, high school, fashion, friendship, high school reunion, teenager, bullying, stereotypes, female friendship, switching roles, love and romance, self discovery ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: arizona, usa, los angeles, beverly hills, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ...
Audience: teens, kids, family friendly, chick flick, family outing ...
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, teacher, teenage girl, friendship, teen angst, school, teenage angst, teenage boy, skipping school, rebel ...
Time: 80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place: chicago, usa, illinois
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Pretty Persuasion (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 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: dark comedy, independent film, biting, cynical, stylized ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, lesbian sex, adolescence, teenager, high school, coming of age, sexual harassment, false accusation, school, dysfunctional family, sex, stereotypes ...
Time: year 2005, 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 104K
Election (1999)
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, witty, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teacher, election, satire, teenage girl, politics, campaign, jealousy, coming of age, society, school, teachers and students ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, y2k, 20th century
Place: nebraska, washington d.c., new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe ...
Style: funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids
Plot: dark humor, beach, summer, murder, farce, insurance, comedy of errors, heat wave, organized crime, employer employee relationship, mob boss, nothing goes right ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.7
 3K
Heathers (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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Story: A pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine Veronica Sawyer deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Based on the 1988 cult classic film.
Style: ironic, dark, cynical, dark comedy, art house ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: suicide, apathy, high school, sociopath, bullying, teenager, adolescence, dark humor, irreverence, violence, teenage love, social misfits ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.6
 628K
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 ⇓
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 ⇓
35%
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 5.5
 150K
Jennifer's Body (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: A newly possessed cheerleader turns into a killer who specializes in offing her male classmates. Can her best friend put an end to the horror?
Style: sexy, dark comedy, slasher, demonic, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, adult
Plot: teenager, high school, supernatural, bad girl, satanic ritual, demon, succubus, seductress, small town, cheerleading, dark humor, cannibalism ...
Time: year 2009, y2k, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 5.9
 103K
She's All That (1999)
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: teenager, high school, opposites attract, youth, teen romance, adolescence, bet, high school life, fall in love, young love, teenage girl, teenage love ...
Time: 90s, y2k, year 1999, 20th century
Place: los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 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 ⇓
34%
 7.1
 97K
Elephant (2003)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Several ordinary high school students go through their daily routine as two others prepare for something more malevolent. The film chronicles the events surrounding a school shooting.
Style: disturbing, bleak, psychological, realistic, controversial ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: school shooting, bullying, mass murder, teacher, school, violence, murder, high school, youth, teenager, serial killer, boy ...
Time: year 2003, near future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, oregon, ireland, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.7
 231K
Project X (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Style: teen sex comedy, humorous, funny, not serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, manly, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot: party, high school, teenager, adolescence, youth, when the parents are away, teenage life, student, friends, popularity, buddies, birthday party ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, pasadena california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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, romantic comedy, teen, rom com, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teenage life, teen romance, love and romance, initially antagonists, school, enemies to lovers ...
Time: year 1999, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
All I Wanna Do (1998)
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, light, melancholic, sweet, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot: boarding school, coming of age, teenager, high school, youth, gender, teenage life, teenage love, battle of the sexes, bullying, friendship, rebelliousness ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1998, year 1963
Place: new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
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, emotional, witty, realistic, touching ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, adolescence, teenager, coming of age, teen angst, teenage girl, teen romance, female protagonist, best friend, friendship, teacher, nymph ...
Time: year 2016, 2010s
Place: california, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.0
 431K
American Pie (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: At a high-school party, four friends find that losing their collective virginity isn't as easy as they had thought. But they still believe that they need to do so before college. To motivate themselves, they enter a pact to all ...
Style: teen sex comedy, funny, sex comedy, humorous, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot: coming of age, teenager, adolescence, party, virginity, masturbation, high school, looking for sex, loss of virginity, nudity, teenage sexuality, teenage life ...
Time: y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.2
 75K
Go (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, entertaining, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: clubbing, supermarket, christmas, multiple storylines, stripper, drug dealer, drug, teenage girl, hit and run, rave, undercover cop, ecstasy ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place: las vegas, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 7.6
 197K
Rushmore (1998)
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, dark comedy, humorous, witty, independent film ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, depression, student, jealousy, adolescence, love triangle, teacher, teen angst, friendship, youth, mentor ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, y2k, year 1998
Place: usa, midwest, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.3
 284K
Scary Movie (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, humorous, slasher ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: satire, youth, adolescence, sarcasm, stupidity, absurd humor, graphic violence, creativity, serial killer, high school, dark humor, dumb ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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