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Permanent Record (1988)
2K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
David Sinclair seems to have everything going for him: he's smart, musically talented, and very successful. To top off his senior year in high school, his band is trying to get a recording session. Therefore, David's suicide leaves everyone, especially his best friend and band-mate, Chris, with a lot of questions.
Style:
cult classic, touching, emotional, realistic, retro, sincere, serious, gloomy, crying, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, suicide, coming of age, teenager, grief, friendship, death, runaway, loss, drinking, illness, career, education, mental illness, school, youth, friends, misfit, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, high school life, teenage life, society, social misfits ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 70s
Place:
oregon, portland oregon, california, new jersey
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, serious, touching and independent film films with plots about love and romance, youth, friendship, coming of age, family relations, teenager and teenage life mostly in Drama, Romance and Music genres. Some movies like Permanent Record: Footloose (1984), The Man Who Loved Yngve (2008), I Love You, I Love You Not (1996), Gully Boy (2019), The Last Song (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When teenager Ren and his family move from big-city Chicago to a small town in the West, he's in for a real case of culture shock.
Style:
teen, cult classic, serious, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, kids, family outing ...
Plot:
dancing, high school, youth, dance, small town, love and romance, music, dancer's life, rebelliousness, rebellion, artists and showbiz, teenager ...
Time:
80s, 90s, year 1984, 70s, 20th century
Place:
utah, pittsburgh, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's November 1989 and the world is changing, so is Jarle who attends Kongsgård HS in Stavanger. He plays the guitar/lead singer in a local radical punkband, got a great girlfriend and has the coolest best friend. But its all about to change ...
Style:
sincere, lgbt cinema, contemplative, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
lgbtq, coming of age, gay relationship, gay, gay teenager, lgbt, music band, fall in love, gays and lesbians, young lovers, family relations, teenage love ...
Time:
20th century, year 1989, 80s
Place:
scandinavia, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
School student and her European-born grandmother share sad stories of their lives.
Style:
independent film, serious, realistic, sincere, crying ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, holocaust, storytelling, school, love, young lovers, forbidden love, identity, friendship, camp, world war two, angel of death ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 80s
Place:
new york, usa, poland, europe, manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 154 min.
Story:
A coming-of-age story based on the lives of street rappers in Mumbai.
Style:
psychological, captivating, sincere, disturbing, fast ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
success, slum, poverty, social outcast, ghetto, fight, friend, rivalry, ambition, youth, society, escapades ...
Place:
mumbai india, india
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A drama centered on a rebellious girl who is sent to a Southern beach town for the summer to stay with her father. Through their mutual love of music, the estranged duo learn to reconnect.
Style:
touching, romantic, emotional, romantic comedy, cute ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama ...
Plot:
teenage love, fall in love, youth, teenage life, father daughter relationship, love, teen romance, teenage girl, love story, summer romance, enemies to lovers, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2010, 21st century
Place:
georgia, north carolina, usa, san francisco, california ...
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a patient named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support ...
Style:
touching, emotional, sentimental, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
cancer, terminal illness, teenager, fall in love, teenage love, love story, youth, teenage life, first love, dealing with death, illness, adolescence ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
amsterdam, usa, pittsburgh, ethiopia, indiana ...
Similarity:
42%
107K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Ireland, UK, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A boy growing up in Dublin during the 1980s escapes his strained family life by starting a band to impress the mysterious girl he likes.
Style:
sweet, teen, touching, lyrical, sentimental ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, teens, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
friendship, youth, coming of age, music band, musician's life, rock and roll, teenager, singing, bullying, dream girl, adolescence, teenage boy ...
Time:
80s, year 2016, 2010s, year 1985, future ...
Place:
dublin ireland, ireland, london, nebraska, england
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Finding his only escape in music, Gil Blackwell (Josh Hamilton) decides to leave his monotonous business life in Boston when his cousin dies in a car accident. Gil ignores his father's disapproval and takes the family's antique truck for ...
Style:
road movie, sincere, touching, emotional, serious ...
Plot:
on the road, truck, starting over, renewed love, love and romance, haunted by the past, midlife crisis, pickup truck, father son relationship, music, car accident, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
boston, california, usa, san francisco, montana
Similarity:
41%
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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:
humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious, inspirational ...
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:
year 2003, future
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A mischievous high school sophomore faces a conflict of conscience vs. character when his best friend becomes linked to the death of a youth from another clique in suburban Middle America circa '76.
Style:
realistic, touching, emotional, serious, atmospheric ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
outdoor sex, wedding, high school, female nudity, teenage love, slacker, first love, friendship, buddies, love and romance, teenage life, high school life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
40%
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 ...
Style:
humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious, touching ...
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 ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 90s, y2k, year 1999
Place:
usa, rhode island, connecticut, arizona, new england ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been ...
Style:
touching, serious, political, feel good, retro ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, music, musician, hidden identity, radical, follow your dream, love, haunted by the past, parents and children, eccentric family, hopes, rebelliousness ...
Time:
80s, 70s, year 1988, 20th century, 60s ...
Place:
new jersey, new york, oakland california, usa, yale university ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Natalie allows her classmate Jeff, who ran away from home after a fight with his stepfather, to stay at her place while her father is away on a business trip. Natalie soon starts dating Jeff's friend James Casey, who isn't as faithful as ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, touching, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage love, friendship, youth, teenager, fall in love, friends, unrequited love, dating, high school football, child, teen angst ...
Time:
80s
Place:
usa, new york, ohio, washington d.c.
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A hard-partying high school senior's philosophy on life changes when he meets the not-so-typical "nice girl."
Style:
teen, touching, sincere, melancholic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, youth, couples, teenage love, first love, teenage life, love, teenage girl, family relations, high school student, classmate ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia, key west florida, new jersey, california
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Their love of dance, and their friendship, is challenged for two high school girls when one is diagnosed with cancer.
Style:
sincere, emotional, touching, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
dancing, terminal illness, friendship, life is a bitch, follow your dream, teenage life, cancer, lifestyle, single parent, society, unfulfillment, determination ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Russian woman living in Memphis with a much older rock-n-roll legend experiences a personal awakening when her husband's estranged son comes to visit.
Style:
emotional, sincere, realistic, contemplative, serious ...
Plot:
love affair, sex with stepmother, infidelity, love triangle, family relations, family problems, crumbling marriage, couples, estrangement, parents and children, fall in love, love and romance ...
Place:
usa, tennessee, memphis, russia
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Young teenager Bo (Anders Agensø) is too sensitive for the hothouse atmosphere of a boarding school run by a cold, unfeeling would-be man of the cloth (an uncharacteristically grim Ove Sprogøe). Lonely and scared, he finds a soul mate in the ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, touching, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, youth, first love, teenage life, gays and lesbians, lgbtq, gay teenager, lgbt teen, nudity, friends, couples ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
denmark, europe
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Danny Foster doesn't have much: an apartment as small as his paychecks, no family, and a struggling music career. Yet for him, "every day is a great day to be alive," an attitude he gained from his mother's unwavering optimism ...
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, cute ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
mute or deaf, fall in love, couples, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, couple relations, musician's life, unfulfillment, misfit, parents and children, deaf ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
37%
2K
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A new music teacher in a 1955 West Texas home for wayward boys brings new vision and hope for many of the interned boys.
Style:
independent film, uplifting, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
rock and roll, music teacher, teacher, troubled youth, school teacher, schoolboy, coming of age, escape, teachers and students, school, high school, rock ...
Time:
year 1955, 1950s, year 1991, 50s
Place:
texas, austin texas, usa
Similarity:
36%
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:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, bullying, coming of age, teenage girl, relationships, teen romance, teenager, class differences, high school student, love story, father daughter relationship, first love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, california
Similarity:
36%
38K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Natalie (Elisabeth Harnois) is high school royalty, but her queen bee status falls apart when she falls for the new guy at school. Although Keith (Jesse McCartney) ignores her at first, they soon become friends -- even though Natalie suspects that ...
Style:
sad, psychological, romantic, touching, serious ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, terminal illness, cancer, love, teenage love, youth, teenager, opposites attract, first love, love story, teen romance, love and romance ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
At Pacific Palisades High, a poor Latino falls hard for a troubled girl from the affluent neighborhood.
Style:
romantic drama, teen, romantic, intense, touching ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
forbidden love, coming of age, teenager, young lovers, culture clash, relationships, high school, protective male, father daughter relationship, interracial love relationship, unhappiness, self destructing ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, touching, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, school, sex, older woman younger man relationship, best friend, family relations, looking for sex, fall in love, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, teenage love ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, hawaii, illinois, california ...
Similarity:
35%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
Alex is in love with her best friend, Vicki, her mother has dissapeared and she sets fire to things in her spare time. Vicki comes from an abusive home and wants Alex to run away with her. Alex is a bit of a nerd and a teachers pet, so takes ...
Style:
sad, realistic, serious, psychological, bleak ...
Plot:
lgbt, coming of age, erotica, friendship, sexual abuse, teachers and students, drug abuse, gender, gays and lesbians, social misfits, life is a bitch, love and romance ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia, melbourne, sydney australia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Jeremy Jones is learning cello at an arts school in New York. At school he spots Susan Rollins, who practices for a ballet audition, and he falls in love on first sight. He's very diffident in nearing her, so he gets some help of his ...
Style:
independent film, semi serious, realistic, touching
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, chess, cello, teenage love, fall in love, age difference, young lovers, love, in love, child, art, childhood love ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Did you ever wish you could get the hottest girl in school? This is the story of how non-jock Henry (Gregory Smith) indeed gets the girl, Grace (Jordana Brewster), but not without complications.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual, sexy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, best friend, family relations, teenage love, teenage life, high school life, sexual relations, love and romance, teenager, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
new jersey, oregon, usa, russia
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A young tomboy, Watts, finds her feelings for her best friend, Keith, run deeper than just friendship when he gets a date with the most popular girl in school.
Style:
teen, cute, romantic, romantic drama, happy ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, kids, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
high school, coming of age, tomboy, best friend, love triangle, friends to lovers, teenage love, friendship, happy ending, teenager, teen romance, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, year 1987, 20th century
Place:
california
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
High school student Wendy has an odd relationship with her five friends: They're openly sexual with each other, swapping partners every week. But this is all thrown into turmoil when she meets Sean, a new student in school who has a crush on ...
Style:
sexy, serious, sincere, bleak, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
sex, high school, erotica, coming of age, teenage love, humiliation, high school life, innocence lost, teenager, teenage sexuality, friendship, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, rhode island
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Small-town girl Angie King leaves the church and her home to pursue a dream of singing stardom. Luckett plays Angie, the daughter of a stern but loving bishop, whose attraction to the hunky star (Tank) of a traveling gospel show takes her on the ...
Style:
realistic, serious, sentimental, touching, independent film ...
Plot:
love and romance, hopes, lifestyle, parents and children, youth, destructive relationship, friendship, couples, christian, religion, father daughter relationship, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, georgia
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
29-year-old Eban has retreated home to his parent's house in Seaside Oregon after the dissolution of his teaching job in Seattle. There he courts 15-year-old Charlie and eventually the two start a sexual relationship. As the age of consent in ...
Style:
sexy, psychological, sincere, touching, sexual ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
gay, intergenerational friendship, orgasm, friendship, family relations, teenage life, couples, dysfunctional family, parents and children, homecoming, love and romance, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
oregon, seattle, washington d.c., usa, charleston south carolina ...
Similarity:
34%
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