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Outside Providence (1999)
10K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
In this coming-of-age comedy, Tim Dunphy is leading a go-nowhere existence, spending his days smoking pot and hanging out with his best friend, Drugs Delaney. But Tim's lazy days of getting high are jettisoned after a brush with the law convinces his blue-collar dad to send him to a Connecticut prep school. The one saving grace of the new school is Jane, a fellow student Tim falls for immediately.
Style:
humorous, sweet, intense, semi serious, touching, feel good, independent film, epic, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school life, teenager, father son relationship, american football, adaptation, high school, family relations, prank, honest, parents and children, teenage life, boys' school, student, working class, party, school, friendship, marijuana, weed, masturbation, preparatory school, drinking, drug, lacrosse ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, year 1999, y2k
Place:
usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, florida, new england, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about friendship, coming of age, youth, high school, teenager, teenage girl and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Outside Providence: Adventureland (2009), Nearing Grace (2005), Thumbsucker (2005), Charlie Bartlett (2007), It Runs in the Family (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
174K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
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Style:
romantic, funny, sentimental, independent film, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, summer job, friendship, coming of age, amusement park, workplace, college, marijuana, first sexual experience, youth, misfit, young adult ...
Time:
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Place:
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Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual, sexy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, witty, sentimental, dark comedy, gothic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, addiction, youth, depression, debate, teenage life, lifestyle, self discovery, teenage crush, grownups ...
Time:
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Place:
oregon, new york, manhattan new york city
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%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
This is the story of a dysfunctional New York family, and their attempts to reconcile
Style:
light, semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, brutality, gangster, courage, eccentric family, redemption, human nature, aging, couples, campus, money, marriage ...
Time:
year 2003, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york, bronx new york city, manhattan new york city, london
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Eddie "Gonzo" Gilman is starting a revolution. When the wild-eyed rebel journalist is ousted from his prep school's newspaper by its über-popular editor, Eddie fronts an underground movement to give a voice to all the misfits, ...
Style:
witty, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
cheerleader, journalist, high school, misfit, coming of age, bullying, rebelliousness, teachers and students, friends, teenage sexuality, lifestyle, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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funny, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, high school, coming of age, dysfunctional family, horniness, cheerleader, family relations, drug, youth, love and romance, lifestyle, siblings relations ...
Place:
california, southern california, usa, yale university, mexico
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In small-town Texas, high school football is a religion, 17-year-old schoolboys carry the hopes of an entire community onto the gridiron every Friday night. When star quarterback Lance Harbor suffers an injury, the Coyotes are forced to regroup ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, entertaining, semi serious, sincere, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, small town, football, american football, cheerleader, high school, football player, stripper, tough girl, high school sports, stereotypes, mentor ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, midwest, austin texas, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sensitive study of a headstrong high school football star who dreams of getting out of his small Western Pennsylvania steel town with a football scholarship. His equally ambitious coach aims at a college position, resulting in a clash which could ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, inspirational, talky, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
american football, high school, football, college, cheerleader, small town, coming of age, high school football, student athlete, friendship, coach, male pubic hair ...
Time:
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Place:
pennsylvania, pittsburgh, usa, north america, new jersey ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
When students in their high school begin inexplicably exploding (literally), seniors Mara and Dylan struggle to survive in a world where each moment may be their last.
Style:
perverse, rough, tense, brutal, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
coming of age, dying, sexual attraction, unrequited love, high school, teenager, sex scene, alienation, breaking point, teenage life, parents and children, extreme violence ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
A quirky teen with a penchant for war reenactments, Kelly Ernswiler obsesses over military tactics with his buddy Bart. The school bully is one of Kelly's regular headaches, and he also has to deal with a frustrating situation at home, where ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, unlikely friendships, contests and competitions, human nature, addiction, friends, fall in love, lifestyle, teenage life, friendship ...
Time:
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Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
In 1985, against the backdrop of Thatcherism, Brian Jackson enrolls in the University of Bristol, a scholarship boy from seaside Essex with a love of knowledge for its own sake and a childhood spent watching "University Challenge," a ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, witty, light, melancholic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
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Place:
england, britain, united kingdom, europe, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
new york, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
44%
15K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A tenderly romantic coming-of-age story as two boys in a British school fall in love.
Style:
sexy, sentimental, teen, touching, lgbt cinema ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
44%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night
Plot:
teenager, coming of age, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, loss of virginity, teenage love, longing, adolescence, teen angst, high school, virginity, shyness, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
california, bay area, usa, oakland california, france ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
talky, humorous, independent film, melancholic, depressing ...
Plot:
coming of age, college, friendship, slacker, graduation, drinking, campus, lone hero, solitude, buddies, lifestyle, twentysomething life ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, san francisco, france
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
teen, touching, sincere, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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clever, sincere, teen, psychological, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
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Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
43%
14K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Naive Midwestern prep student Jonathan bonds with his more worldly roommate, Skip, who takes the small-town boy under his wing. At Skip's urging, the inexperienced Jonathan is emboldened to seek out older women in the cocktail lounges of nearby ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
43%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, Denmark, UK
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
It is 1977, Dublin rocks to the music of Thin Lizzy and the world is stunned by the death of Elvis Presley. Frankie, caught between acne and adulthood, has just completed his final exams in school. Convinced he will fail, he survives the summer ...
Style:
humorous, light, talky, feel good, touching ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
politics, coming of age, cheerleader, male nudity, 17 year old, friendship, infidelity, self discovery, single parent, teenage love, best friend, introspection ...
Time:
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Place:
ireland, dublin ireland, milwaukee wisconsin, massachusetts, europe ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, witty, humorous, sentimental, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new england
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42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
sexy, touching, teen, romantic comedy, feel good ...
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
gay, gay relationship, lgbtq, high school, best friend, teenage life, road not taken, male homosexuality, youth, lgbt, gay couple, cheerleader ...
Place:
nebraska
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
high school, coming of age, forbidden love, teenager, unrequited love, marijuana, dating, underage, slumber party, class differences, opposites attract, innocence lost ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey, florida, usa, miami
Similarity:
42%
600
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Fat Girls is an original off-beat comedy feature. It focuses on Rodney Miller, not your typical Texas high school student...he is a theater lover and his ultimate dream is to be on Broadway. Awkward and shy, he doesn't have many people to talk ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, witty, realistic, clever ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
texas, usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A nerdy teen, Ryan Woodman is smitten with the popular and gorgeous Ashley Grant, who apparently has no interest in him. Meanwhile, dim star athlete Chris Campbell has his eye on Ryan's brainy and beautiful friend, Maggie Carter. The two agree ...
Style:
teen, romantic, feel good, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage love, couples, high school life, best friends in love, friendship, teenage life, high school, disorder, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, wooing ...
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