Movies like The Marc Pease Experience

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The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
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The Marc Pease Experience (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Former high school musical star, Marc Pease, finds himself still living in the past, eight years after graduating.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, light, realistic
Audience: date night
Plot: high school, youth, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, teachers and students, love and romance, actor's life, love triangle, mentor, music teacher, hipster, high school life, nothing goes right, social relations, disorder, adolescence vs adulthood, school, jealousy, singing, best friend, cleaning, teacher student relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, limousine driver, rehearsal ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and independent film films with plots about love and romance, youth, high school, lifestyle, high school life, teenage life and artists and showbiz mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Marc Pease Experience: Friction (2010), School Dance (2014), Stay Cool (2009), The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013), Chalk (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Friction (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Filmmaker Cullen Hoback travels to a private high school where he writes a script about a real couple and the student who comes between them.
Style: semi serious, surreal, humorous, captivating, enigmatic ...
Plot: love triangle, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, social relations, couple relations, lifestyle, youth, actor's life, high school life, teachers and students, surrealism, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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95%
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School Dance (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he does, he’ll have to ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, touching, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school life, teenage love, music, youth, misfit, family relations, teenage life, hip hop, rivalry, black, love and romance, dance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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77%
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Stay Cool (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The film centers on a successful author who is forced to confront an unrequited high school crush when he returns home to deliver a commencement address to graduating seniors. Shasta O'Neil, a sexy high school senior flirts with the visiting ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience: date night, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, adolescence vs adulthood, social relations, homecoming, high school life, hometown, disorder, prom, friends, teenage life, artists and showbiz, writers ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Secret Lives of Dorks (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: In The Secret Lives of Dorks, Payton (Gaelan Connell) is a pathetic dork, a comic book geek whose high school career is one hopeless faux pas after another. Yet he's a dreamer and madly in love with the head cheerleader Carrie (Riley Voelkel), ...
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, teen ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: disorder, misfit, wooing, high school, win over, nothing goes right, youth, social relations, coming of age, girl, college, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Chalk (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Life in the trenches of that most honorable and frustrating profession...teaching. It's the start of a memorable new year at Harrison High. The self-conscious Mr. Stroope is convinced that his time has come - this year he will be furnished with ...
Style: mockumentary, humorous, semi documentary, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: teacher, high school, teachers and students, ambition, power relations, youth, hardcase students, lifestyle, education, rivalry, teaching, college ...
Time: year 2006
Place: usa, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
 6.1
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The Flats (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: The Flats tells a cautionary tale of friendship and desire played out among a group of 20-somethings transitioning into adulthood. Main character Harper and his buddies make the most of their freedom prior to an impending court-ordered jail ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
Plot: love triangle, youth, love and romance, human nature, unemployment, friendship between men, friendship, coming of age, friends, courtroom drama, siblings relations, friend ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Everybody's Doing It (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Angela and Travis consider having sex for the first time just as their high school starts up an abstinence education program. Making matters worse, a "good girl" collects abstinence pledges from students and blows the whistle on Angela and ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage love, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, love and romance, battle of the sexes, youth, buddies, couples, peer pressure, school, sexual relations ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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The Graduates (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Four friends head to Senior Week in Ocean City, Maryland, to celebrate high school graduation.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sex comedy, captivating
Plot: beach, high school student, satire, teenage love, teenage life, best friend, looking for love, adolescence vs adulthood, nothing goes right, buddies, young lovers, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: maryland
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Where's Firuze? (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Turkey
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Having failed incredibly many times in attempts to find a big talent and to be rich, the two producers and their only two contracted singers struggle to clean their debts and make their dreams come true, no matter what happens. Being in a tight ...
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, feel good, art house ...
Plot: ambition, desire for fame, lifestyle, rising to stardom, showbiz, musician's life, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, fall in love, buddies, comedy team, partner ...
Time: 21st century
Place: turkey, istanbul turkey
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Highland Park (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: A high school faculty lotto pool places its fate in the lucky numbers they've played for ten years after hearing budget cuts have eliminated all their jobs.
Style: realistic, humorous, captivating, light, sentimental ...
Plot: lottery, dedicated educator, high school, society, teachers and students, life turned upside down, social relations, disorder, hopes, idealism, gambling, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 5.7
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Joyful Noise (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: G.G. Sparrow faces off with her choir's newly appointed director, Vi Rose Hill, over the group's direction as they head into a national competition.
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: teenage love, autism, follow your dream, rivalry, music band, artists and showbiz, contests and competitions, musician's life, choir, lifestyle, unlikely partners, chorus girl ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.6
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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 ⇓
45%
 6.0
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Out of It (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: An introverted nerd and a dumb, violent jock vie for the attentions of a cheerleader.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual ...
Audience: date night
Plot: rivalry, coming of age, school, beach, cheerleader, high school football, performer's life, partner, sport team, friends, power relations, social relations ...
Time: year 1969, 60s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Loitering with Intent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Fledgling screenwriters retreat to a quiet country manor to work on their script, but a constellation of needy characters produces constant interruptions.
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, emotional, captivating ...
Plot: friends, deadline, ambition, artists and showbiz, actor's life, family relations, house, disorder, farm, actor, writers, post traumatic stress disorder ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, new york state
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Seven Days of Grace (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Four women - a blonde, a hippie, a lesbian and a barmaid - are looking for love, money and success. When one inherits an Italian restaurant from her father, they see this as a chance to fulfil their dreams. Then the restaurant is in danger of ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good, light ...
Plot: lifestyle, love and romance, couples, best friend, gays and lesbians, artists and showbiz, gender, actor's life, singleness, down on your luck, friends, restaurant ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Lisa Picard Is Famous (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A documentarian decides to follow the career of New York actress Lisa Picard, believing she is on the brink of fame. Instead, he bears witness to Lisa's continued, humorous, struggles as an actress, as well as the conflict that arises when ...
Style: cynical, realistic, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Plot: satire, rise to the top, desire for fame, workplace romance, filmmaking, workplace situations, lifestyle, actor's life, love and romance, workplace, rising to stardom, best friend ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 3.7
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Mr. Write (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Aspiring writer (with no talent) gets a job on a TV commercial, falls for an advertising executive.
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, witty, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: writers, disorder, couples, down on your luck, love triangle, writer's life, lifestyle, opposites attract, nothing goes right, artists and showbiz, love and romance, job ...
Time: year 1994, 90s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
 5.5
 976
Taking 5 (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Just when BFFs Gabby and Devon have a chance to get the hottest band to perform a free concert at Highland High, their plan goes up in smoke... literally. Desperate not to be labeled losers for life they resort to plan B: kidnap the band! Now ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, romantic, light, realistic
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: teenage love, musician's life, youth, music band, teenage life, lifestyle, performer's life, concert, best friend, love and romance, teenager, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Struck by Lightning (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 90 min.
Story: After being struck and killed by lightning, a young man recounts the way he blackmailed his fellow classmates into contributing to his literary magazine.
Style: witty, semi serious, humorous, teen, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, blackmail, dead boy, teenage life, gay, social misfits, ambition, misfit, best friend, social relations, youth, coming of age ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.4
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No Shame (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 116 min.
Story: A script fell to Isabel by chance. In reading it you realize it's the same story of the romance she had with the film director Mario Fabra, author of the script. Isabel decides appointment with Mario, who was not seen again, but at the moment ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, biting, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couples, lovers reunited, ego clash, love and romance, rise to the top, ambition, lifestyle, filmmaking, showbiz, youth, actor's life, school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, madrid, spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 6.5
 14K
Rocket Science (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style: clever, sincere, psychological, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: high school, coming of age, debate, teenager, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, nothing goes right, contests and competitions, misfit, teacher ...
Time: 2000s, 20th century, year 2007, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Uttama Villain (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 171 min.
Story: Superstar Manoranjan learns that he has only a few days to live and approaches his mentor, director Margadarisi to direct his next project — a folklore-ish comedy about a man who keeps cheating death and his role in saving a kingdom. Meanwhile, he ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, realistic
Plot: desire for fame, last wish, fall in love, love and romance, rising to stardom, ambition, artists and showbiz, showbiz, mentor, cancer, illicit love, forced marriage ...
Time: 21st century
Place: asia, india
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 5.7
 565
Premium (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Reginald "Cool" Coolidge is a struggling actor, fed up with taking stereotypical African American roles and waiting for his big break in a legitimate production. Until this time comes, he works at his mother's boyfriend's gas ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience: date night
Plot: love triangle, wedding, couples, follow your dream, race against time, ambition, showbiz, nothing goes right, filmmaking, black, hip hop, blaxploitation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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 6.3
 15K
Bandslam (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: A high school social outcast and the popular girl bond through a shared love of music.
Style: romantic, teen, humorous, semi serious, light ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, music, teenage love, friends, love and romance, rock and roll, hopes, rock, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Getting That Girl (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When East Coast teen Mandy Meyers moves to Los Angeles with her family, she's thrown into the fast life at McDermott High, where the pretty girls rule the school and two very different guys want to date her.
Style: humorous, feel good, light, captivating, independent film ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, teenage love, high school, love triangle, teenage life, youth, first love, popularity, young love, high school life, love and romance, bong ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, washington d.c.
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
 5.1
 601
Cheeky Girls (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Three teen-aged girlfriends navigate multiple love triangles.
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, sexual
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, high school life, school, young love, friends, youth, high school, teenage life, teachers and students, teenage crush, family relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Queen of the Lot (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: An electronic ankle bracelet and being under house arrest aren't about to stop up-and-coming actress Maggie Chase (Tanna Frederick) from the two things she craves the most: real fame and true love. With more "Google points" than her ...
Style: talky, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Plot: actor's life, showbiz, bittersweet, artists and showbiz, desire for fame, alcohol abuse, love triangle, paparazzi, unstoppable, couples, hopes, ambition ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Excuse my French (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Egypt
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A Christian kid suddenly is forced to go to a public school after his father dies and because of a misunderstanding everyone thinks that he's a Muslim.
Style: humorous, realistic, stylized, semi serious, sad
Plot: youth, social differences, society, teachers and students, dishonesty, family problems, hidden identity, religions or cults, discrimination, disorder, death in the family, coming of age ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: middle east, egypt
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 6.4
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Norman (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A teenager pretends to be dying from cancer as a way to cope with the realities of his daily existence and his father's terminal illness.
Style: emotional, tragicomedy, humorous, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: love and romance, terminal illness, misfit, coping, dishonesty, family problems, teenage life, social relations, teenage love, life is a bitch, introvert, cancer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
The American Mall (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: The executive producers of High School Musical keep the good times rolling with this upbeat musical comedy set in the one place every American teenager's home away from home - the local shopping mall. Ally (Nina Dobrev) is an optimistic ...
Style: feel good, realistic, touching, humorous, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: musician, musician's life, save the day, rise to the top, youth, love and romance, lifestyle, rising to stardom, couple relations, desire for fame, teenage life, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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