Movies like Plain Clothes

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Plain Clothes (1988)
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Plain Clothes (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: To prove his brother's innocence, undercover officer Nick enrolls in high school again, dealing with crushes, bullies, humiliations, popularity swings, and quirky teachers and staff to find the real murderer.
Style: offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: murder, high school, undercover cop, teen angst, undercover, youth, family relations, profanity, fall in love, high school life, teenage life, working undercover, law enforcement, social relations, police investigation, disorder, siblings relations, silly humor, dishonesty, power relations, prison, teenager, school, police officer, teacher ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa

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Most similar movies to Plain Clothes

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about teenager, youth, teenage life, high school, high school life, disorder and love and romance mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Plain Clothes: Hiding Out (1987), Never Been Kissed (1999), Just One of the Guys (1985), Underclassman (2005), Summer School (1987). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Hiding Out (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A very successful stock broker is called to court to testify against a mob boss who was into some inside trading. Andrew Morenski must become Max Hauser and go back to high school for protection from the mob.
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, independent film
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: high school, teenager, gangster, murder, geek, mafia, age difference, fall in love, education, stoned, bike, in love ...
Time: 80s, year 1987
Place: delaware
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100%
Never Been Kissed (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story: Josie Geller, a baby-faced junior copywriter at the Chicago Sun-Times, must pose as a student at her former high school to research contemporary teenage culture. With the help of her brother, Rob, Josie infiltrates the inner circle of the most ...
Style: feel good, light, romantic, touching, sexy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, date night ...
Plot: high school, prom, journalist, journalism, teenage girl, popularity, high school life, humiliation, teenager, teen romance, friendship, reporter ...
Time: 90s, y2k, 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Just One of the Guys (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night, date night
Plot: cross dressing, high school, gender disguise, adolescence, gender bending, college, sexism, prom, hidden identity, switching roles, coming of age, gender bender ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: california, phoenix arizona, arizona, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Underclassman (2005)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A young detective goes undercover at an elite private school to destroy an international stolen car ring.
Style: realistic, semi serious, captivating, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: undercover, investigation, police investigation, lifestyle, teachers and students, drug dealer, high school, undercover cop, bmx, impostor, teenager, preparatory school ...
Time: year 2005
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Summer School (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A high-school gym teacher has big plans for the summer, but is forced to cancel them to teach a "bonehead" English class for misfit goof-off students. Fortunately, his unconventional brand of teaching fun field trips begins to connect with ...
Style: funny, laugh out loud, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night
Plot: teacher, summer, summer school, teenager, high school, teacher student relationship, teaching, teenage girl, gym teacher, dyslexia, underage drinking, chainsaw ...
Time: 80s, year 1987, 20th century
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21%
That's What I Am (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story that follows 12-year-old Andy Nichol, a bright student who, like most kids his age, will do anything to avoid conflict for fear of suffering overwhelming ridicule and punishment from his junior high school peers.
Style: realistic, sentimental, not serious, humorous, teen ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: coming of age, bullying, dignity, teachers and students, intolerance, popularity, school, humiliation, high school life, teenage life, high school, ostracism ...
Time: 20th century, 60s, year 1965
Place: usa, california, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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Joy of Sex (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies.
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, sex comedy, erotic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: loss of virginity, high school, looking for sex, sex scene, youth, teenage love, teenage life, coming of age, lifestyle, couples, disorder, power relations ...
Time: 80s
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20%
The Good Student (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When Ally, a popular teen and local celebrity goes missing, her small suburban town erupts in panic.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, suspense, parody ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: high school, police investigation, sexual content, kidnapping, teenage love, love and romance, cheerleader, dark humor, dysfunctional family, teenage life, high school life, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
20%
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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 ⇓
20%
Whatever It Takes (2000)
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: romantic, teen, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teenage love, high school life, high school, teenager, couples, friendship, teenage life, best friends in love, lifestyle, love and romance, youth, disorder ...
Time: 2000s, year 2000, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Book of Love (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage self, Jack is obsessed with Lily one of the more popular girls around. The sole obstacle is Angelo, ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: prom, high school, teenage love, friendship, fish out of water, youth, self discovery, couple relations, fall in love, friends, college life, college ...
Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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The DUFF (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together ...
Style: feel good, funny, teen, rom com, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, youth, high school life, coming of age, school, adolescence, friendship, teenage life, stereotypes, college, relationships ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Nobody's Perfect (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Steve is a college freshman who plays tennis for the school. But he falls desperately in love with Shelly, also a tennis player. It's all downhill from there. Steve can't eat, he can't sleep, his grades drop, and he gets kicked off ...
Style: sex comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot: tennis, teenager, cross dressing, undercover, transvestite, teenage sex, college, nudity, gender, love and romance, dishonesty, fall in love ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
How I Got Into College (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl, and object of Marlon's affections attempt to get into a small Pennsylvania college. Jessica fights off her parent's expectation of ...
Style: humorous, entertaining, satirical, romantic, light ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: college, high school, coming of age, teenager, police investigation, justice, storytelling, stereotypes, happy ending, adaptation, multiple storylines, mentor ...
Time: 80s, year 1989
Place: holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Making the Grade (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, ...
Style: funny, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: comedy of errors, friendship, justice, college life, teenage life, hidden identity, teenage love, social differences, school, teenager, pretending to be someone else, jealousy ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, europe, usa, new england
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19%
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Expelled (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, disgusting, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, teenage life, prankster, coming of age, high school life, youth, friends, school expulsion, college, power relations, teenage girl, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Soul Man (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Soul Man is a comedy film made in 1986 about a man who undergoes racial transformation with pills to qualify for an African-American-only scholarship at Harvard Law School. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, ...
Style: humorous, controversial, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: racism, college, high school, mentor, teenager, culture clash, happy ending, coming of age, black, teenage sex, black man, interracial ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: massachusetts, los angeles, usa, hawaii, harvard university
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19%
High School U.S.A. (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Set in a senior high school class, J.J. (Michael J. Fox) pursues the girlfriend of a rival from a higher clique which culminates in a race at the end of the movie between the two rivals in this light comedy.
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, school, high school, teen angst, school bully, bullying, love, rivalry, cheerleader, school janitor, disorder, friends ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: colorado, midwest
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A teenage girls deals with her parents forgetting her birthday and a crush on her high school's heartthrob.
Style: feel good, touching, sweet, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, high school life, youth, self discovery, teenage girl, teenage love, first love, female nudity, teen romance ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: illinois, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Schools Out (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 93 min.
Story: June 1990, a large provincial town. It's the last day of class before the baccalaureate: a small group of graduates happily leaves high school - In the ambient euphoria, Lucas empties his bag: without mince words, he says out loud to his ...
Style: realistic, touching, semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Audience: teens
Plot: teachers and students, youth, love affair, lifestyle, teenage life, love and romance, coming of age, college, teacher, power relations, high school, vengeance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france
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18%
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Get Over It (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring ...
Style: romantic comedy, feel good, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, shakespeare, fall in love, teenager, teenage life, love triangle, mentor, happy ending, adolescence, underdog, high school life, school ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Careless (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Wiley Roth finds a severed human finger in his kitchen one night. Understandably freaked out, in a search across Los Angeles that brings them in contact with psychics, ineffectual police, crooked taxidermists, mysterious neighbors who might be on ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat, buddy comedy ...
Plot: investigation, amateur detective, obsession, friendship, best friend, partner, dark humor, disorder, nothing goes right, unlikely criminals, reluctant partners, stalking ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Material Girls (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Two wealthy sisters, both heiresses to their family's cosmetics fortune, are given a wake-up call when a scandal and ensuing investigation strip them of their wealth.
Style: teen, realistic, semi serious, humorous, romantic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: downfall, family relations, love and romance, fall in love, youth, teenager, fish out of water, rise to the top, rise and fall, ambition, sibling relationship, disorder ...
Time: year 2006, 2000s
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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Pretty Smart (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: In this adolescent-oriented drama, a young woman is forced to attend a posh finishing school in the Mediterranean. She vents her anger by rebelling against the cruel and sicko headmaster. When she discovers that he has been secretly photographing ...
Style: sex comedy, independent film, teen sex comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: porn industry, teenager, exploitation, teen angst, nudity, rivalry, rebellion, voyeurism, school, silly humor, rebelliousness, prank ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: europe, greece, athens greece
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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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 ⇓
18%
Under the Boardwalk (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: It is the final weekend of summer and a group of Californian teenagers are looking forward to an upcoming surf contest. Rival gangs the 'Vals' and the 'Lowks' are confident that they will take home the trophy, but things become ...
Style: sex comedy, independent film, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience: teens
Plot: beach party, surfing, shakespeare, skater, exploitation, rivalry, beach, summer romance, profanity, youth, love and romance, forbidden love ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom ...
Style: romantic, realistic, feel good, funny, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, college, youth, graduation, house party, party, friends, cheerleader, american football, bullying ...
Time: 90s, year 1998, y2k, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Betty Lou is a librarian in a very small town. Her husband is a police detective who takes her for granted. Betty Lou is the ultimate mouse. After a gangland figure is mysteriously murdered in town, Betty Lou finds the murder weapon, but can't ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: murder, small town, police investigation, librarian, deep south, disorder, small town life, amateur detective, switching roles, investigation, law enforcement, dishonesty ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Serial Killing 101 (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Casey Noland, a high school kid with no direction in life, decides to pursue the serial killing profession. Only problem...he can't bring himself to kill anybody. Will the help of a gothic chick named Sasha, he attempts to learn the ways of a ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, semi serious, humorous, horror comedy ...
Plot: serial killer, murder, high school, psychopath, mind game, dark humor, police investigation, danger, youth, obsession, teenage life, stalking ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Head Over Heels (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Ordinary single girl Amanda Pierce (Monica Potter) unexpectedly finds herself sharing an awesome Manhattan apartment with four sexy supermodels. Determined to bring Amanda into their world, the models give her the ultimate makeover. The plan works ...
Style: humorous, romantic, romantic comedy, funny, semi serious ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, date night
Plot: fashion, comedy of errors, roommate, stalking, neighbor, mistaken identity, lifestyle, couples, disorder, dishonesty, amateur detective, murder witness ...
Time: year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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