Movies like Sixteen Candles
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Sixteen Candles (1984)
135K
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, romantic, funny, romantic comedy, humorous, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, teenage life, high school life, youth, teenage love, teenage girl, self discovery, female nudity, wedding, first love, teen romance, love, party, love and romance, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, loss of virginity, dream girl, teenage angst, birthday, nerd, adolescence, childhood ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place:
illinois, chicago, usa, california, seattle
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Most similar movies to Sixteen Candles
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, romantic, teen comedy and humorous films with plots about high school, teenage girl, teenager, adolescence, coming of age, youth and school mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Sixteen Candles: Pretty in Pink (1986), The Breakfast Club (1985), Never Been Kissed (1999), Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986), Better Off Dead... (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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:
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:
94%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. She would, however, rather be blonde, have a smaller nose and a boyfriend. Revolving around ...
Style:
sexy, touching, teen, romantic comedy, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage love, school, teenage life, coming of age, couples, youth, love and romance, parents and children, friends, puberty, high school life ...
Time:
2000s, 80s
Place:
england, brighton, europe, new zealand, san francisco ...
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:
100%
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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:
93%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Lane Meyer is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper boy, and nearly unbearable dinners at home with ...
Style:
feel good, funny, dark comedy, sweet, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, skiing, teenager, snow, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, teen angst, exchange student, depression, obsession, suicide attempt, slutty attitude ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When high-school heartthrob Michael receives an unsigned love letter, he assumes it's from knock-out prom queen Deborah Anne instead of pretty honor student Toni. And when Michael accidentally misplaces the letter, the juicy jottings soon make ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, feel good, semi serious, humorous, light ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teenager, high school, love and romance, school, fraternity, voyeur, summer vacation, secret admirer, farce, nothing goes right, birthday party, ship ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
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:
93%
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107K
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, relationships, youth, high school life, coming of age, school, adolescence, teenage life, stereotypes, friendship, popularity ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
atlanta georgia, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
100%
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%
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:
85%
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:
85%
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:
88%
113K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The Toro cheerleading squad from Rancho Carne High School in San Diego has got spirit, spunk, sass and a killer routine that's sure to land them the national championship trophy for the sixth year in a row. But for newly-elected team captain, ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, teen, romantic, witty ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, cheerleading, dancing, teenage girl, popular girl, teenager, adolescence, believe in yourself, female protagonist, high school life, hip hop ...
Time:
2000s, 1900s, year 2000, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
florida, california, los angeles, usa, north america ...
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:
89%
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%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A high school student is forced to confront her secret crush at a kissing booth.
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teen romance, teenage love, high school student, first love, first kiss, love and romance, teenage life, high school hunk, schoolgirl, friendship between teens, forbidden love, prom ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, harvard university
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:
79%
Movie in collections
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:
89%
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:
88%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three teenage girls come of age while working at a pizza parlor in Mystic Connecticut.
Style:
sentimental, sweet, teen, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
small town, coming of age, pizza, wedding, friendship, food, canceled wedding, adultery, pizzeria, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, mother daughter relationship, heartbreak ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
connecticut, new england, usa, london, england
Similarity:
100%
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:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
After total humiliation at her thirteenth birthday party, Jenna Rink wants to just hide until she's thirty. With a little magic, her wish is granted, but it turns out that being thirty isn't as always as awesome as she thought it would be!
Style:
feel good, romantic, romantic comedy, cute, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen fantasy ...
Plot:
time travel, body swapping, coming of age, youth, true love, fashion, love and romance, best friends in love, desire, child as adult, adolescence vs adulthood, wish come true ...
Time:
80s, year 2004, year 1987, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa, greenwich village manhattan new york city, empire state building manhattan new york city ...
Similarity:
90%
Movie in collections
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:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Elle Woods has it all. She's the president of her sorority, a Hawaiian Tropic girl, Miss June in her campus calendar, and, above all, a natural blonde. She dates the cutest fraternity boy on campus and wants nothing more than to be Mrs. Warner ...
Style:
feel good, light, sweet, romantic comedy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, kids ...
Plot:
sorority, lawyer, girl power, blonde, law school, fashion, college, law, university, law student, campus, believe in yourself ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, boston, harvard university, los angeles, massachusetts ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Sam Montgomery is a tomboyish, unpopular girl at school. She has been text messaging a somebody named Nomad for a few months and he asks her to meet him at the Halloween dance at 11:00 in the middle of the dance floor. The only problem is, she must ...
Style:
romantic, fairy tale, feel good, sweet, teen ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, kids, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
high school, cinderella, teenager, cinderella story, teenage love, happy ending, fall in love, teenage girl, youth, teen romance, teenage life, love and romance ...
Time:
2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
71%
106K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When Juli meets Bryce in the second grade, she knows it's true love. After spending six years trying to convince Bryce the same, she's ready to give up - until he starts to reconsider.
Style:
touching, feel good, sweet, romantic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night ...
Plot:
first love, fall in love, childhood, childhood sweetheart, teenage love, love and romance, adolescence, teen romance, young love, love story, teenage life, love ...
Time:
60s, year 1963, year 1957, 2010s, 1950s ...
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
75%
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:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A visit to a natural history museum proves catastrophic for two high school rivals, an overachiever and a jock, when an ancient Aztec statue casts a spell that causes them to switch bodies and see exactly what it's like to walk in the ...
Style:
romantic, teen, funny, sweet, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, kids ...
Plot:
body swapping, high school, switching roles, love and romance, teenager, fall in love, battle of the sexes, switching bodies, body swap, teenage love, couples, girl next door ...
Time:
year 2006, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
75%
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:
80%
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