Movies like Welcome to the Dollhouse
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Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, cynical, controversial, talky, depressing, sincere, touching, semi serious, sad ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, misfit, bullying, dysfunctional family, youth, school, suburbs, teenager, social outcast, childhood, high school, humiliation, high school life, sibling relationship, family problems, friendship, parents and children, socially awkward, nerdy girl, siblings relations, unfulfillment, loneliness, mental illness, family relations, kidnapping ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new jersey, usa
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Most similar movies to Welcome to the Dollhouse
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out weird, realistic, melancholic and humorous films with plots about dialogue, pornography, storytelling, mentor, runaway, dysfunctional family and brutality mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Welcome to the Dollhouse: Ghost World (2001), The Way Way Back (2013), Palindromes (2004), Slums of Beverly Hills (1998), Life During Wartime (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style:
thought provoking, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, age difference, friendship, older man younger woman relationship, graduation, blues, teenage life, teenage girl, best friends, youth, adolescence, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles
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92%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Over the course of his summer break, a teenager comes into his own thanks in part to the friendship he strikes up with one of the park's managers.
Style:
touching, feel good, emotional, realistic, sweet ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
summer, teenager, friendship, vacation, coming of age, loneliness, shyness, youth, childhood, dysfunctional family, bittersweet, small town ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Aviva is thirteen, awkward and sensitive. Her mother Joyce is warm and loving, as is her father, Steve, a regular guy who does have a fierce temper from time to time. The film revolves around her family, friends and neighbors.
Style:
bleak, psychological, disturbing, surreal, controversial ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
pregnancy, child abuse, pedophilia, coming of age, abortion, sexual abuse, runaway teen, sexuality, teenage life, runaway, disability, suicide ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
kansas, new jersey, usa, india, wyoming
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
In 1976, a lower-middle-class teenager struggles to cope living with her neurotic family of nomads on the outskirts of Beverly Hills.
Style:
humorous, disturbing, semi serious, sincere, clever ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, dysfunctional family, teenager, adolescence, family relations, eccentric family, teenage life, self discovery, single parent, sex aid, social differences, parents and children ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, tokyo, usa, beverly hills
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Friends, family, and lovers struggle to find love, forgiveness, and meaning in an almost war-torn world riddled with comedy and pathos. Follows Solondz's film Happiness (1998).
Style:
disturbing, psychological, melancholic, talky, stylized ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, father son relationship, loneliness, family relations, character study, family problems, couple relations, pedophile, parents and children, family life, haunted by the past, relationships ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new jersey, israel, california, usa ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Thirteen
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A young man's peculiar upbringing renders him unable to competently cope with the struggle of growing up.
Style:
depressing, cynical, humorous, thought provoking, talky ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
mental illness, coming of age, dysfunctional family, addiction, depression, existentialism, dark humor, youth, teenage life, eccentric family, character study, eccentricity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, chicago illinois, new jersey, washington d.c., connecticut ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Solomon and Tummler are two teenagers killing time in Xenia, Ohio, a small town that has never recovered from the tornado that ravaged the community in the 1970s.
Style:
disturbing, controversial, surreal, art house, experimental ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sexual abuse, white trash, youth, suburbs, coming of age, sister sister relationship, abuse, violence, teenager, dysfunctional family, relationships, childhood ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
ohio, usa, america
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
91K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, tense, disturbing, intense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, drug addiction, friendship, mother daughter relationship, peer pressure, dysfunctional family, addiction, underage drinking, teenage protagonist, self harm, teenager, kids in trouble ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Style:
controversial, depressing, bleak, art house, cynical ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, pedophilia, rape, dark humor, depression, obsession, relationships, loneliness, multiple storylines, sexual abuse, suburbs, phone sex ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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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:
visually appealing, witty, surreal, touching, talky ...
Audience:
teens, date night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, school, virginity, adolescence, teenage love, high school life, youth, social relations, loss of virginity, infidelity ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
wales, england, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terri, a pajama-clad, disaffected high school student learns how to engage the world with the help of Mr. Fitzgerald, his assistant principal.
Style:
melancholic, compassionate, sexy, clever, thought provoking ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, friendship, coming of age, small town, cheerleading, school, loneliness, bullying, existentialism, teenage life, eccentricity, character study ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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30%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Hal, a 15-year-old high-school student with a minor yet socially alienating (and painful) disability: he stutters uncontrollably. Determined to work through the problem, Hal opts for an extreme route he joins the school debating team, which sends ...
Style:
clever, sincere, psychological, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage love, dysfunctional family, friendship, teenage life, debate, contests and competitions, nothing goes right, misfit, teacher ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa, california
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28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Based on the true childhood experiences of Noah Baumbach and his brother, The Squid and the Whale tells the touching story of two young boys dealing with their parents divorce in Brooklyn in the 1980's.
Style:
talky, sincere, thought provoking, depressing, absurd ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
divorce, coming of age, dysfunctional family, father son relationship, infidelity, teacher student relationship, adultery, marriage, teenager, crumbling marriage, childhood, adolescence ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The Chumscrubber is a dark comedy about the lives of people who live in upper-class suburbia. It all begins when Dean Stiffle finds the body of his friend, Troy. He doesn't bother telling any of the adults because he knows they won't care. ...
Style:
surreal, bleak, semi serious, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, suburbs, suicide, kidnapping, youth, dark humor, drug abuse, dysfunctional family, mistaken identity, friendship, teenager, high school ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In the wake of a freak accident, Lance suffers the worst tragedy and the greatest opportunity of his life. He is suddenly faced with the possibility of fame, fortune and popularity, if he can only live with the knowledge of how he got there.
Style:
clever, melancholic, thought provoking, dark, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teacher, high school, writers, single father, father son relationship, grief, loneliness, life & death, life philosophy, suicide, character study, loss of child ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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Films like Dead Poets Society
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When his mother dies, a teenager takes a road-trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother. Along the way he discovers a profound connection with the car-owner and with himself as well.
Style:
road movie, ironic, melancholic, enigmatic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, road trip, self discovery, teenage life, teenager, parents and children, love and romance, introspection, human nature, obsessive quest, lifestyle, friendship ...
Time:
70s
Place:
california, new jersey, oregon, new orleans
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Justin, a teenager boy, throws himself and everyone around him into chaos when he attempts to break free from his addiction to his thumb.
Style:
emotional, humorous, witty, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, youth, addiction, teenager, depression, psychologist, self discovery, lifestyle, teenage life, drugs, mental illness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
oregon, new york, manhattan new york city
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25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The feature film debut by artist Miranda July about a various comic situations and plots that intertwine. One story line is about a father who is ending his marriage and the other story is of a video artist (possibly autobiographical of Miranda ...
Style:
touching, disturbing, realistic, humorous, surreal ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
artist, childhood, coming of age, art, unlikely friendships, depression, complex characters, art gallery, neighbor, struggle, museum, divorce ...
Time:
21st century
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24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Tommy has lost his job, his love and his life. He lives in a small apartment above the Trees Lounge, a bar which he frequents along with a few other regulars without lives. He gets a job driving an ice cream truck and ends up getting involved with ...
Style:
talky, gloomy, art house, entertaining, thought provoking ...
Plot:
alcohol abuse, drugs, suburbs, drug addiction, addiction, small town, self discovery, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, alcoholic, transformation, loner ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Gifted 18-year-old Meg has been abandoned by her father and neglected by her hardworking mother. Left to care for her emotionally disturbed younger sister, her world begins to unravel. She finds an outlet in writing poetry and support from her ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, harsh, touching, poignant ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
teacher student relationship, family relations, cheerleading, family in crisis, teachers and students, poetry, high school, loneliness, youth, power relations, parents and children, dysfunctional family ...
Place:
ohio, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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Films like Little Miss Sunshine
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four women, Patti, Emma, Angela, and Nicki are completing their last year of high school. Unfortunately for the group, one of their own, Nicki, unexpectedly commits suicide. The three remaining women, upon finding out that Nicki had been raped ...
Style:
harsh, disturbing, touching, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
friendship, women, high school, suicide, coming of age, juvenile delinquency, righting the wronged, teenage love, life is a bitch, human nature, death of friend, family relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Michael is a young boy living in a typical 1950's suburbanite home... except for his bizarre and horrific nightmares, and continued unease around his parents. Young Michael begins to suspect his parents are cooking more than just hamburgers on ...
Style:
slasher, scary, frightening, atmospheric, absurd ...
Plot:
cannibal, suburbs, coming of age, macabre, dysfunctional family, cannibalism, dark humor, youth, nightmare, satire, surrealism, vengeance ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, year 1954
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
3 of Reagan High School's most popular girls pretend to kidnap their friend by shoving a jawbreaker into the victim's mouth to keep her from screaming. Their plan goes awry when the girl swallows the jawbreaker, choking to death. Now the ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, sexy, dark, parody ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, teen drama
Plot:
high school, prom, teenager, popularity, fashion, bullying, prank, murder, dark humor, accidental killing, cheerleading, prank gone wrong ...
Time:
future, 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 80s
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Fed up with the cruelty and stupidity of American culture, an unlikely duo goes on a killing spree, killing reality TV stars, bigots and others they find repugnant in this black comedy.
Style:
thought provoking, cynical, talky, funny, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
killing spree, female killer, mass murder, serial killer, vigilante, stupidity, dark humor, society, rage, media, partners, life is a bitch ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
108K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A girl who halfheartedly tries to be part of the "in crowd" of her school meets a rebel who teaches her a more devious way to play social politics: by killing the popular kids.
Style:
witty, sexy, dark, semi serious, ironic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
high school, dark humor, murder, suicide, murderous pair, teenage life, friendship, teenage girl, coming of age, insanity, youth, teenage love ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, canada, ohio, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Movies like Detachment
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland, USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to ...
Style:
disturbing, psychological, serious, suspenseful, surreal ...
Plot:
mental illness, dysfunctional family, friendship, childhood, murder, coming of age, insanity, irish, boarding school, transformation, life is a bitch, human nature ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
ireland, europe
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24%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A coming-of-middle-age comedy that chronicles the unlikely friendship between failed author Richard Dunne and a Long Island teen who teaches him a thing or two about growing up, all under the disapproving eye of his long-suffering wife and his ...
Style:
touching, tricky, enigmatic, psychological, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
superhero, friendship, self discovery, midlife crisis, coming of age, imaginary friend, writers, small town, loneliness, depression, character study, relationships ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, long island, atlantic ocean, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
It's 1987 and Danielle, the high school 'Dirty Girl', is running away. With her is chubby, gay Clarke, a bag of flour called Joan and a Walkman full of glorious '80s tunes.
Style:
road movie, touching, melancholic, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, high school, friendship, gay, friends, female protagonist, on the road, happy ending, honest, teenage girl, sexpot ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1987
Place:
usa, oklahoma, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
In June, 1983, in Dutchess County, New York, Sebastian Cole joins his mother, step-father, and sister for dinner. Hank, Sebastian's step-father, drops a bomb: he announces he's changing sexes. Sebastian's sister splits immediately for ...
Style:
sexy, reflective, enigmatic, bleak, harsh ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, high school, gay, transsexual, lgbt, small town, lgbtq, teenager, hospital, father son relationship, loneliness, sexualized violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983, 70s
Place:
england, new york state, chicago illinois, usa, europe ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
529K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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:
funny, touching, sentimental, sweet, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, pregnancy, teenager, adoption, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, love and romance, social relations, friendship, female protagonist, high school, strong female character ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
minnesota, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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