Movies like Pretty in Pink
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Pretty in Pink (1986)
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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 seems too good to be true. As Andie starts falling for Blane, she begins to realize that dating someone from a different social sphere is not easy.
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, romantic comedy, melancholic, rom com, funny, entertaining, sexual, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, bullying, coming of age, teenage girl, relationships, teen romance, teenager, high school student, class differences, love story, father daughter relationship, first love, adolescence, dysfunctional family, high school life, unrequited love, teen angst, school, single father, teenage love, love, teenage life, fashion, teenage angst, prom ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, massachusetts, california
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Most similar movies to Pretty in Pink
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, feel good, humorous and semi serious films with plots about teenager, youth, high school, coming of age, teenage girl, adolescence and college mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Pretty in Pink: Sixteen Candles (1984), The Breakfast Club (1985), Some Kind of Wonderful (1987), Can't Buy Me Love (1987), For Keeps? (1988). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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, teen, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, teenage life, high school life, youth, teenage love, teenage girl, self discovery, female nudity, wedding, first love ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, california, seattle
Similarity:
96%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Five high school students, all different stereotypes, meet in detention, where they pour their hearts out to each other, and discover how they have a lot more in common than they thought.
Style:
cult classic, teen, talky, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, teenage angst, youth, adolescence, high school life, teenage girl, detention, teen angst, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, year 1985
Place:
chicago, illinois, seattle
Similarity:
96%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Indonesia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nerdy high schooler Ronald Miller rescues cheerleader Cindy Mancini from parental punishment after she accidentally destroys her mother's designer clothes. Ronald agrees to pay for the $1,000 outfit on one condition: that she will act as though ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, teen, romantic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, friendship, nerd, couples, opposites attract, teenage girl, teenager, cheerleading, pretend relationship, cheerleader, youth, teen romance ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
arizona, tucson arizona, new jersey
Similarity:
95%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Darcy, editor at her highschool paper, and her long-term boyfriend Stan are in their last months of school and already have found places in good colleges. Recently they started to sleep with each other and, surprise, surprise, Darcy gets pregnant. ...
Style:
sentimental, melancholic, sweet, light, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, teenage pregnancy, happy ending, coming of age, high school, love story, young lovers, pregnant teenager, justice, babies and infants, stereotypes, underdog ...
Time:
80s
Place:
wisconsin, california, san francisco
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial ...
Style:
sexy, romantic, feel good, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, romantic rivalry, friendship, best friends in love, enemies to lovers, prom, fake relationship, friends to lovers, in love, couples, youth ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 90s, 80s
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Style:
feel good, slang, light, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
coming of age, high school, party, teen romance, obsessive love, teenager, friendship, friends, young lovers, dancing, teenage protagonist, female protagonist ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, california, australia
Similarity:
100%
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, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, chick flick, family friendly, family outing ...
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, friendship, school, teacher, teenage girl, teen angst, teenage angst, teenage boy, rebel, skipping school ...
Time:
80s, year 1986, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, north america, california
Similarity:
94%
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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, teen, romantic comedy, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teen romance, teenage life, enemies to lovers, love and romance, teenage love, initially antagonists ...
Time:
y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 912 min.
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Story:
The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
Style:
sentimental, sincere, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, high school, coming of age, teenage daughter, first love, teenager, teenage girl, high school hunk, teen angst, adolescence, gay teenager, girl next door ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
sexy, romantic, rom com, light, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
high school, prom, friendship, journalism, love and romance, teenage girl, popularity, bullying, journalist, high school life, teen romance, humiliation ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
91%
16K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
At “Prom,” every couple has a story and no two are exactly alike. As the big dance approaches for Nova Prescott, it’s a battle of wills as she finds herself drawn to the guy who gets in the way of her perfect prom. Fellow seniors Mei and Tyler ...
Style:
teen, feel good, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night ...
Plot:
teenage love, prom, high school, unlikely couple, wooing, teen romance, couples, love and romance, teenager, opposites attract, friendship, love ...
Time:
year 2011, 21st century
Place:
michigan, usa
Similarity:
100%
275K
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, rom com, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, fashion, youth, teenager, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, enemies to lovers, popularity, teenage love ...
Time:
90s, y2k, 20th century, year 1995, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, seattle
Similarity:
92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Mandy Moore stars as Halley, a young hip high school student who's convinced true love doesn't exist based on the crazy relationships around her. Her mother is divorcing her father who is dating a younger woman Halley can't stand. Her ...
Style:
sweet, teen, romantic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, true love, teenage love, wedding, high school, bullying, happy ending, coming of age, pregnancy, love and romance, youth, family problems ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
Similarity:
100%
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:
high school, teenager, opposites attract, teen romance, youth, bet, fall in love, young love, high school life, teenage girl, teenage love, friendship ...
Time:
90s, y2k, year 1999, 20th century, 80s
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bookish and unpopular Mandy finds her luck finally changing when Drew, the school hottie, invites her to the year's biggest party. But with being grounded and Drew's ex-girlfriend bent on thwarting her, Mandy may be destined to remain a ...
Style:
teen, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, love and romance, high school life, wooing, teenage love, teenager, high school hunk, teenage life, youth, cheerleader, nightlife, lifestyle ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
101K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
15-year-old deep-thinking Welsh schoolboy, Oliver Tate struggles to initiate and maintain a relationship with Jordana, his devilish, dark-haired classmate at their Swansea high school. As his parents' marriage begins to fall apart, similar ...
Style:
witty, visually appealing, touching, surreal, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, teenage love, teenager, school, high school, virginity, high school life, youth, teen angst, rock, social relations ...
Time:
year 2010, 80s, 20th century, 2010s
Place:
wales, england, britain
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
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324K
Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Australian good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance despite their eccentric friends?
Style:
romantic, sexy, feel good, sentimental, cult classic ...
Audience:
chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
high school, opposites attract, coming of age, dancing, dance, makeover, summer romance, teenage love, love story, first love, teenager, teenage girl ...
Time:
1950s, year 1959, year 1978, 20th century, year 1958 ...
Place:
california, australia, los angeles, bronx new york city, usa ...
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Follows a group of high school students growing up in southern California, based on the real-life adventures chronicled by Cameron Crowe. Stacy Hamilton and Mark Ratner are looking for a love interest, and are helped along by their older classmates, ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, humorous, sexy, funny, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, coming of age, abortion, friendship, teenager, stoner, shopping mall, teacher, sex scene, teenage pregnancy, unwanted pregnancy, high school student ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, southern california, usa
Similarity:
100%
360K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style:
gothic, cute, art house, sexual, frightening ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, mother daughter relationship, teenage girl, first love, loss of virginity, father daughter relationship, prom, female protagonist, teenager, closeted homosexual, high school, friendship ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, year 2002, year 2003, near future ...
Place:
sacramento california, california, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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, witty, realistic, touching, suspense ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, adolescence, teenager, coming of age, teen angst, best friend, troubled teen, female protagonist, teen romance, friendship, nymph, teenage girl ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 80s
Place:
california, oregon
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A budding romance between noble underachiever Lloyd Dobler and high school valedictorian Diane Court is threatened when Diane's overly possessive, disapproving father interferes with their relationship. With a prized scholarship to study abroad ...
Style:
feel good, sweet, romantic, rom com, light ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick, girls' night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, coming of age, couples, teenager, young love, opposites attract, first love, love story, youth, true love, happy ending, graduation ...
Time:
80s, year 1989, 20th century
Place:
seattle, england, washington state, usa, washington d.c. ...
Similarity:
89%
570K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style:
touching, sweet, funny, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, date night, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
pregnancy, coming of age, adoption, high school, friendship, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, teenager, pregnant teenager, teenage girl, love and romance, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, usa, seattle, california
Similarity:
100%
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, funny, realistic, teen, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, college, high school, teenager, youth, house party, graduation, cheerleader, love story, party, american football, friends ...
Time:
90s, y2k, year 1998, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
174K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the summer of 1987, a college graduate takes a 'nowhere' job at his local amusement park, only to find it's the perfect course to get him prepared for the real world.
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:
year 2009, year 1987, 2000s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa, boston, new york ...
Similarity:
100%
191K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Viola Johnson is in a real jam. Complications threaten her scheme to pose as her twin brother, Sebastian, and take his place at a new boarding school. She falls in love with her handsome roommate, Duke, who loves beautiful Olivia, who has fallen for ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, rom com, funny, teen ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, soccer, cross dressing, tomboy, teenage love, teen romance, high school life, teenage life, teenage girl, roommate, gender disguise ...
Time:
2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, london, new jersey, canada
Similarity:
100%
47K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Overeducated and underemployed, 28 year old Megan is in the throes of a quarterlife crisis. Squarely into adulthood with no career prospects, no particular motivation to think about her future and no one to relate to, Megan is comfortable lagging a ...
Style:
romantic, teen, sexy, sweet, independent film ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, teen drama
Plot:
friendship, love story, relationships, adolescence vs adulthood, youth, intergenerational friendship, character study, runaway, adolescence, father daughter relationship, marriage proposal, loneliness ...
Time:
year 2014, 21st century
Place:
seattle, washington d.c., usa, new jersey, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first ...
Style:
feel good, teen, touching, romantic, cute ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenage girl, friendship, first love, female friendship, relationships, summer, teenager, teen romance, teenage love, love story, teenybopper ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
greece, south carolina, mexico, california
Similarity:
80%
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