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My Mad Fat Diary (2013)
20K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Style:
sincere, touching, sentimental, emotional, semi serious, dark comedy, funny, controversial, sitcom, light hearted ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
fat girl, teenage life, mental health, teenager, youth, teenage girl, depression, loneliness, teenage love, psychiatric hospital, adolescence, group of friends, social misfits, unhappy, high school life, first love, physical appearance, obesity, friendship, gay lead character, best friend, overweight, mental disorder, human relationship, closeted gay ...
Time:
20th century, year 1996, 90s, 1990s
Place:
northern england, england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, teen and teen comedy films and TV series with plots about teenager, high school, teenage life, coming of age, friendship, high school student and teenage girl mostly in Drama, Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like My Mad Fat Diary: SLiDE (2011), Skins (2007), It's Kind of a Funny Story (2010), My So-Called Life (1994), Freaks and Geeks (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Similarity:
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393K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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53%
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Plot:
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Similarity:
100%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Story:
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TV show
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teens
Plot:
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Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Place:
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50%
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Country: USA
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TV show
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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TV show
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Style:
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Plot:
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TV show
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Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
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TV show
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Style:
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Plot:
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TV show
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Style:
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Audience:
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28%
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TV show
Story:
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