Movies and TV shows like The Carrie Diaries

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The Carrie Diaries (2013)
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The Carrie Diaries (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Before she was a fashion icon, before her column in the New York Star, before Mr. Big, Carrie Bradshaw was an innocent 16-year-old girl living in suburban Connecticut.
Style: exciting, captivating, semi serious, humorous, erotic, teen, realistic, light, retro
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, youth, teenage girl, high school life, teenage life, boyfriend, friends, prom, first love, first sex, teenage boy, high school hunk, shopping, lawyer, dating, ambitious, young adult, teenager, best friend, gossip and rumors, virginity, gay couple, single parent, women, student ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: new york, usa, connecticut

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, teen and semi serious films and TV series with plots about teenager, high school, youth, teenage life, teenage girl, friendship and high school life mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like The Carrie Diaries: Jane by Design (2012), The First Time (2012), Gossip Girl (2007), LOL (2012), Faking It (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Jane by Design (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Jane by Design is an American comedy-drama television series on ABC Family. The series followed the life of Jane Quimby, a teenager who had to be mistaken for an adult to finally get her fashion dream job and work with a world-famous designer, Gray ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic, teen ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: fashion, designer, teenage life, workplace, double life, lifestyle, teenage girl, coworker, popularity, female protagonist, working woman, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
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The First Time (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, ...
Style: romantic, sexy, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, youth, teenager, love, first love, love and romance, teenage love, first sex, teenage life, virginity, teenage girl, virgin ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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100%
To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
Style: romantic, touching, sincere, light, sweet ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, pretend relationship, love and romance, first love, love letter, couples, high school student, teen romance, youth, teenage girl, happy ending, sisterhood ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland
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100%
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Gossip Girl (2007)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Gossip Girl is an American teen drama television series based on the book series of the same name written by Cecily von Ziegesar. The series, created by Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage, originally ran on The CW for six seasons from September 19, ...
Style: romantic, soap opera, stylized, talky, serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, popularity, gossip and rumors, friends, teenage love, youth, high school life, love triangle, lifestyle, adolescence, couples, coming of age ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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LOL (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: In a world connected by YouTube, iTunes, and Facebook, Lola and her friends navigate the peer pressures of high school romance and friendship while dodging their sometimes overbearing and confused parents. When Lola's mom, Anne, ...
Style: romantic, light, feel good, teen, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: teen romance, teenage life, teenage love, high school life, youth, love and romance, high school, mother daughter relationship, high school romance, coming of age, happy ending, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: paris france, france, chicago
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86%
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Faking It (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: A romantic comedy about two best friends who love each other -- in slightly different ways. After numerous failed attempts to become popular, the girls are mistakenly outed as lesbians, which launches them to instant celebrity status. Seduced by ...
Style: humorous, realistic, teen, sitcom, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lesbian, lgbt, high school, high school life, youth, teenage life, popularity, lesbian relationship, homosexual, gossip and rumors, pretense, sexual identity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: idaho, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Amy and her friends at Grant High learn to define themselves while they navigate the perilous waters of contemporary adolescence. Between their love triangles, secrets, drama, accusations, gossip, confusion, and scandalous rumors, there's never ...
Style: serious, realistic, emotional, teen, suspenseful ...
Audience: girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage pregnancy, teenager, high school, teenage life, family relations, cheerleader, parents and children, youth, teenage mother, high school hunk, step siblings, teenage boy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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
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70%
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The O.C. (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: The series centers on Ryan Atwood, a troubled youth from a broken home who is adopted by the wealthy and philanthropic Sandy and Kirsten Cohen. Ryan and his surrogate brother Seth, a socially awkward yet quick-witted teenager, deal with life as ...
Style: touching, soap opera, witty, teen, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: couples, sexual activity, high school life, classmate, teenage life, coming of age, youth, teenager, teenage love, troubled teen, first love, college ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Clueless (1995)
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, teen, romantic, light, rom com ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, fashion, youth, teenage life, couples, opposites attract, teen romance, love and romance, popularity, teenage love, enemies to lovers ...
Time: 90s, y2k, year 1995, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa
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100%
10 Things I Hate About You (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Outspoken Kat Stratford couldn't be less like her sister, super sweet, yet kinda conformist Bianca. The only things they seem to have in common are being new at school and their overprotective dad.
Style: semi serious, sitcom, witty, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, battle of the sexes, high school, love and romance, teenage love, cheerleader, high school life, unlikely couple, opposites attract, enemies to lovers, parents and children, popularity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
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80%
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Gossip Girl (2021)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.
Style: realistic, enigmatic, stylized, semi serious, intense ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: gossip and rumors, private school, high school, gossip, teenager, youth, social problems, anonymity, best friend, friends, popularity, lifestyle ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Sex and the City (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York ...
Style: sitcom, sexual, witty, stylized, erotic ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, teens, girls' night
Plot: female friendship, everyday life, couple relations, up and down relationship, looking for love, sexual intercourse, sex, love, sexual exploration, friendship, friends, looking for sex ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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75%
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Awkward. (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. ...
Style: humorous, light, realistic, sitcom, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama, adult
Plot: high school, teenager, teenage girl, popularity, teenage life, shyness, youth, high school life, friendship, self esteem, classmate, teenage love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Picture This (2008)
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: humorous, feel good, semi serious, teen, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, high school life, love and romance, teenage love, wooing, high school hunk, teenage life, youth, nightlife, lifestyle, family relations, teenager ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
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Geek Charming (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Dylan Schoenfield is the pink princess of the upscale Los Angeles Woodlands Academy. She has the coolest boyfriend, the most popular friends, and a brand-new it bag that everyone covets. But when she accidentally tosses her Serge Sanchez bag into a ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, romantic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, kids ...
Plot: high school, youth, teenage love, opposites attract, teenage life, love and romance, popularity, social relations, high school life, initially antagonists, friendship, friends ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles, california
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100%
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Hull High (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Hull High is an American musical teen drama series which aired on the NBC television network in 1990. The series was created and executive produced by Gil Grant.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, soap opera
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, teacher student relationship, power relations, social relations, hip hop, youth, teenage life, teachers and students, high school life, bare chested male, choir, urban setting ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: usa
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100%
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SLiDE (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of five 17-year-olds smashing their way into adulthood.
Style: sincere, captivating, humorous, psychological, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenager, friendship, teenage love, best friend, teenage life, jealousy, party, youth, high school, shallowness, crush ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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100%
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Skam (2015)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Norway
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a young teenager group, born 1999, and a pupil on Hartvig Nissens upper secondary school in Oslo, and her friends and their life, troubles, scandals and every day life. Which of the members represented changes per season.
Style: emotional, dramatic, realistic, sweet, serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, teenage sexuality, friendship, gay relationship, teenage protagonist, teenage boy, teenager, high school student, high school, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, friendship between girls ...
Place: oslo norway, scandinavia
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Katy Keene (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: A group of aspiring artists living in New York City try to make their dreams come true.
Style: light, humorous, romantic, intense, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family outing
Plot: youth, fashion, dating show, luck, fashion designer, city life, relocation, friendship, workplace situations, employer employee relationship, advertising, marketing ...
Place: new york, paris france
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100%
Famous in Love (2017)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
TV show
Story: Ordinary college student Paige gets her big break after auditioning for the starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster. She must now navigate her new star-studded life and the highs and lows that come with being the new It Girl in town as well as ...
Style: romantic, light, sexy, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: hollywood, fame, youth, couples, popularity, sexual relations, boyfriend, dating, friendship, betrayal, gender, love triangle ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Mean Girls (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Style: feel good, teen, light, funny, witty ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, teenage girl, teenage life, adolescence, fish out of water, high school life, bullying, bad girl, popularity, jealousy, female friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2004, 21st century
Place: africa, illinois, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.3
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Sex Education (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 1755 min.
TV show
Story: Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Style: sexy, sex comedy, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbt teen, teenage sexuality, sex education, youth, classmate, school, teenage life, sex therapy, teenage sex, couples ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Never Have I Ever (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.
Style: funny, light, humorous, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: popularity, school, teenage girl, friendship, social misfits, coming of age, girl, teenage protagonist, teenager, family relations, teenage life, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
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, romantic comedy, teen, rom com, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teenage life, teen romance, love and romance, initially antagonists, school, enemies to lovers ...
Time: year 1999, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
My So-Called Life (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 912 min.
TV show
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: teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, female protagonist, first love, teenage daughter, teenager, coming of age, teenage girl, high school hunk, teen angst, adolescence, girl next door, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year ...
Style: suspenseful, serious, realistic, teen, soap opera ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, lesbian, high school life, blackmail, gossip and rumors, threat, haunted by the past, teenage life, mysterious character, friendship, youth, friends ...
Time: future, 2010s, 21st century
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
Every Witch Way (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy
Plot: high school, teenage love, witch, supernatural ability, high school life, magic, youth, chosen one, love and romance, imaginary, fall in love, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
I Didn't Do It (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ultra-competitive fraternal twins Lindy and Logan Watson, together with their four best friends, navigate their freshman year of high school. Each episode begins with a comedic "what just happened?" situation as Lindy and Logan each spin ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sitcom
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: high school life, high school, twins, siblings relations, youth, teenage life, family relations, best friend, coming of age, friends, buddies, brother sister relationship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Popular (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Brooke McQueen, a popular cheerleader at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, and Sam McPherson, the editor of the school paper, are polar opposites. When their single parents unexpectedly meet and get engaged, Brooke and Sam have to deal with their new ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, emotional ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: popularity, high school, cheerleader, peer pressure, high school life, homosexual, friendship, rise to the top, lifestyle, youth, misfit, leadership ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
30%
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