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Dope (2015)
92K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Malcolm is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.
Style:
sexy, teen, independent film, suspense, hood, feel good, entertaining, intense, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, hip hop, party, adolescence, african american, social relations, friendship, geek, drug, tomboy, gang, drug dealer, gangster, marijuana, high school, school, lesbian, teenage life, youth, escape, swimming pool, butt, black, blaxploitation ...
Time:
2010s, year 2015, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
los angeles, california, indiana, harvard university, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, sexy and harsh films with plots about coming of age, friendship, teenager, friends, high school, youth and drinking mostly in Comedy, Drama and Crime genres. Some movies like Dope: Mid90s (2018), Project X (2012), The Wood (1999), The Bling Ring (2013), Friday (1995). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who ...
Style:
parody, hood, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, stoner, dumb, youth, ghetto, social satire, african american, gangster, hip hop, city life, stupidity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
87K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Stevie is a sweet 13-year-old about to explode. His mom is loving and attentive, but a little too forthcoming about her romantic life. His big brother is a taciturn and violent bully. So Stevie searches his working-class Los Angeles suburb for ...
Style:
thought provoking, sexual, social, teen, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
skateboard, coming of age, skateboarder, friends, teenager, underage sex, underage drinking, dysfunctional family, self harm, adolescence, mission, youth culture ...
Time:
90s, year 1996, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, spain, france, paris france, florida ...
Similarity:
74%
255K
Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Three high school seniors throw a party to make a name for themselves. As the night progresses, things spiral out of control as word of the party spreads.
Style:
teen, teen sex comedy, humorous, not serious, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, manly, boys' night, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, party, adolescence, youth, when the parents are away, teenage life, student, popularity, buddies, friends, birthday party ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california, new jersey
Similarity:
73%
11K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
In the panicky, uncertain hours before his wedding, a groom with prenuptial jitters and his two best friends reminisce about growing up together in the middle-class African-American neighborhood of Inglewood, California. Flashing back to the ...
Style:
touching, hood, melancholic, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
Plot:
coming of age, wedding, high school, homoeroticism, african american, black, friendship, hip hop, friendship between men, storytelling, homecoming, blaxploitation ...
Time:
80s, year 1999
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, africa, texas ...
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Inspired by actual events, a group of fame-obsessed teenagers use the Internet to track celebrities' whereabouts in order to rob their homes.
Style:
sexy, stylized, teen, dark comedy, absurd ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
heist, youth, burglary, teenage life, celebrity, teenage girl, juvenile delinquency, coming of age, high school, mansion, high society, greed ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills, new jersey ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Craig and Smokey are two guys in Los Angeles hanging out on their porch on a Friday afternoon, smoking and drinking, looking for something to do.
Style:
hood, funny, independent film, feel good, light ...
Plot:
african american, ghetto, hip hop, weed, marijuana, friendship, drug, rap, friends, rapper, friendship between men, drug dealer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, usa, new jersey
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In high school, Schmidt was a dork and Jenko was the popular jock. After graduation, both of them joined the police force and ended up as partners riding bicycles in the city park. Since they are young and look like high school students, they are ...
Style:
humorous, buddy comedy, parody, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, boys' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, undercover cop, sarcasm, working undercover, buddies, youth, partners against crime, teenager, buddy cop, high school student, popularity, friendship ...
Time:
2010s, year 2012, year 2005, 2000s, 80s ...
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
441K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school ...
Style:
feel good, romantic, entertaining, teen sex comedy, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, coming of age, teenager, adolescence, youth, teenage love, high school life, teenage girl, teenage life, notoriety, classmate, love and romance ...
Time:
year 2010, 2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
california, xian, usa, florida, seattle
Similarity:
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Six high school seniors decide to break into the Princeton Testing Center so they can steal the answers to their upcoming SAT tests and all get perfect scores.
Style:
entertaining, teen, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night
Plot:
high school, coming of age, heist, friendship, teenage life, teenager, voice over narration, brother brother relationship, marijuana, breaking and entering, slacker, self sacrifice ...
Time:
future, 2000s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
686K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
High school best buddies are facing separation anxiety as they prepare to go off to college. While attempting to score alcohol for a party with help from a fake ID-toting friend, the guys' evening takes a turn into chaotic territory.
Style:
sex comedy, teen sex comedy, teen, sexy, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
high school, teenager, nerd, adolescence, coming of age, youth, teenage life, dumb, loss of virginity, friendship, bromance, sex ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007, near future, y2k, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california, hawaii
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%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Four girlfriends take a trip to New Orleans for an annual festival and, along the way, rediscover their wild sides and strengthen the bonds of sisterhood.
Style:
buddy comedy, sexy, raunchy, rom com, exciting ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot:
female friendship, female protagonist, woman punches a man in the face, black, female bonding, motel, african american, african american woman, bare chested male, male nudity, women, promise ...
Time:
year 2017, future, year 2011, year 2000, year 2012 ...
Place:
louisiana, indiana, new orleans, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Joe Toy, on the verge of adolescence, finds himself increasingly frustrated by his single father, Frank's attempts to manage his life. Declaring his freedom once and for all, he escapes to a clearing in the woods with his best friend, Patrick, ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, emotional, teen, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, runaway, friendship, summer, lifestyle change, friendship between boys, high school, teenage runaway, rebelliousness, teenager, hospital, childhood ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
columbus ohio, usa, california, tokyo
Similarity:
60%
5K
Genre: Adventure, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When his hard-earned kicks get snatched by a local hood, fifteen-year old Brandon and his two best friends go on an ill-advised mission across the Bay Area to retrieve the stolen sneakers.
Style:
tense, atmospheric, captivating, psychological, action adventure ...
Plot:
ghetto, poverty, african american, violence, shoplifting, boy, gang, society, illegal drugs, criminal, black, fashion ...
Place:
usa, oakland california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
Exceptionally ambitious high schooler Matthew has aspirations for a career in politics when he falls in love with his gorgeous 19-year-old neighbor, Danielle. But Matthew's bright future is jeopardized when he finds Danielle was once a porn ...
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, teen sex comedy, romantic, teen ...
Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama ...
Plot:
high school, teenager, youth, dream come true, teenage sex, sex, sexual relations, virginity, fall in love, lifestyle, couple relations, porn star ...
Time:
year 2004, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, california, usa, los angeles, cambodia
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Greg is coasting through senior year of high school as anonymously as possible, avoiding social interactions like the plague while secretly making spirited, bizarre films with Earl, his only friend. But both his anonymity and friendship threaten to ...
Style:
touching, independent film, emotional, teen, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, cancer, adolescence, friendship, terminal illness, teenager, coming of age, dying, leukemia, friends, teenage boy, illness ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
After the theft of copies of SAT exams from a principal's office, teenage reporter Bobby Funke sets out to unmask the thief. Bobby prints an article fingering Class President Paul Moore as the thief, shredding the youth's reputation. But ...
Style:
realistic, stylized, sexy, teen, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, journalism, teenager, investigation, school, conspiracy, mentor, coming of age, police investigation, lone hero, uncover truth, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s, year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
50%
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122K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Weeds is an American dark comedy-drama series created by Jenji Kohan. The central character is Nancy Botwin, a widowed mother of two boys who begins selling cannabis to support her family after her husband dies suddenly of a heart attack. Over the ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, sensual, witty, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
single mother, marijuana, dysfunctional family, drug dealing, drug dealer, dark humor, family life, single parent, eccentric family, smuggling, sexual activity, widow ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Boyz n the Hood is the popular and successful film and social criticism from John Singleton about the conditions in South Central Los Angeles where teenagers are involved in gun fights and drug dealing on a daily basis.
Style:
cult classic, brutal, independent film, suspenseful, rough ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
hip hop, gang, ghetto, african american, poverty, coming of age, urban ghetto life, street gang, juvenile delinquency, rapper, gangster, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s, year 1991, year 1984
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california, america, usa ...
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Menace II Society is a coming of age tale detailing the summer after its protagonist Caine (Tyrin Turner) graduates from high school. This is Caine's story, which details real life in today's tough inner city.
Style:
stylized, bloody, serious, rough, hood ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
ghetto, hip hop, friendship, african american, urban ghetto life, murder, police brutality, violence, coming of age, gangster, organized crime, street gang ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s, year 1993
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, south central los angeles, north america
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
In the mid-1960s, a group of high school friends who live on the Near North Side of Chicago enjoy life to the fullest...parties, hanging out, meeting new friends. Then life changes for two of the guys when they meet a pair of career criminals and ...
Style:
independent film, hood, black comedy, cult classic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
coming of age, african american, high school, blaxploitation, teenager, black, urban, black history, exploitation, black cast, basketball, death of friend ...
Time:
year 1975, 60s, 20th century, 70s, year 1964
Place:
chicago, usa, africa
Similarity:
32%
13K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
As four friends prepare for life after high school, different challenges bring about turning points in each of their lives. The dramas unfold and resolve at their local rollerskating rink, Cascade.
Style:
hood, cult classic, stylized, talky, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
hip hop, coming of age, friendship, urban, black, drug dealing, ambition, family relations, self discovery, social differences, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time:
year 2006, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, georgia, atlanta georgia, hawaii, london
Similarity:
31%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
In Los Angeles, five high-school friends deal with romance, money, prom, college, sex, bullies, Facebook, fitting in, standing out, and finding themselves.
Style:
captivating, humorous, feel good, light, scenic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dating, youth, high school, friendship, prom, teenage love, hip hop, society, lifestyle, coming of age, black, black cast ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A combination of unfortunate circumstances force Darren into the situation where he has to sell off the eponymous stash of drugs in a limited time frame.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, disturbing
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
college life, young lovers, college, teenage life, high school life, dark humor, drug dealing, nothing goes right, partner, student life, disorder, youth ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
usa, new york, manhattan new york city
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
After a friend overdoses, Spoon and Stretch decide to kick their drug habits and attempt to enroll in a government detox program. Their efforts are hampered by seemingly endless red tape, as they are shuffled from one office to another while being ...
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, hood, harsh, stylized ...
Plot:
addiction, hip hop, drug addiction, drug, brutality, urban, drug abuse, satire, gangster, murder, heroin, profanity ...
Time:
20th century, year 1997, 90s
Place:
usa, detroit, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A couple of high school graduates spend one final night cruising the strip with their buddies before they go off to college.
Style:
teen, humorous, melancholic, retro, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, high school, car, friendship, teenager, small town, high school student, drag racing, love at first sight, rock and roll, street racing, street gang ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1950s, year 1962, near future ...
Place:
california, arizona, usa, north america
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Instead of adhering to the norms of their South Central neighborhood, a group of skater boys opt to bus into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, where they attract local rich girls - and plenty of trouble with the police, jealous boyfriends, and nervous ...
Style:
realistic, sincere, independent film, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, skateboard, friends, society, social differences, rock, buddies, life is a bitch, coming of age, bullying, teenager, cultural difference ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california, south central los angeles, beverly hills
Similarity:
30%
22K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends wants to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle. But problems arise when the preppies get in over their heads and provoke the wrath of a ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, erotic, disturbing, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, kids, girls' night
Plot:
youth, nudity, sex scene, hip hop culture, sex with a stranger, society, teenager, juvenile delinquency, hip hop, female nudity, making love, brutality ...
Time:
year 2005, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
David Portnoy, a 15-year-old birding fanatic, thinks that he's made the discovery of a lifetime. So, on the eve of his father's remarriage, he escapes on an epic road trip with his best friends to solidify their place in birding history.
Style:
sentimental, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage life, friendship, obsessive quest, coming of age, teenage boy, road trip, sexual content, escapades, friends, friendship between boys, bird, little boy ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, connecticut, new england
Similarity:
30%
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