Movies and TV shows like My So-Called Life

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My So-Called Life (1994)
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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, talky, teen, romantic, anime, clever ...
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, gay teenager, shyness, lgbt, lgbtq, young adult, family relations, high school life, teenage protagonist, sibling rivalry, crush, education, gay, teenage angst ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place: pennsylvania, usa
Keyword: feminist film

Most similar movies to My So-Called Life

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, teen, sentimental and humorous films and TV series with plots about high school, teenager, friendship, teenage life, coming of age, youth and love and romance mostly in Drama, Romance and Comedy genres. Some movies like My So-Called Life: Pretty in Pink (1986), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Freaks and Geeks (1999), Awkward. (2011), Popular (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Pretty in Pink (1986)
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: teens, girls' night, family friendly, chick flick, date night ...
Plot: high school, coming of age, teenager, teenage girl, teen romance, bullying, class differences, father daughter relationship, relationships, love story, high school life, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa, massachusetts
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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 ⇓
100%
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 799 min.
TV show
Story: High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Style: humorous, retro, light, semi serious, sitcom ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: nerd, coming of age, socially awkward, weed, cheerleader, friendship, social relations, teenager, teenage life, teacher, teacher student relationship, youth ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1999, 2000s, year 1980 ...
Place: detroit, michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
84%
 7.5
 46K
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 ⇓
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 ⇓
100%
The Wonder Years (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The show achieved a spot ...
Style: touching, sitcom, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, high school, first love, teenage life, coming of age, family relations, love and romance, siblings relations, family life ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Gilmore Girls (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Style: feel good, realistic, humorous, witty, talky ...
Audience: teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: small town, teenager, mother daughter relationship, boyfriend, friends, female protagonist, small town life, teenage life, looking for love, single mother, first love, everyday life ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: yale university, connecticut, usa, new england
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A coming-of-age story based on the best-selling novel by Stephen Chbosky, which follows 15-year-old freshman Charlie, an endearing and naive outsider who is taken under the wings of two seniors. A moving tale of love, loss, fear and hope - and the ...
Style: touching, sincere, teen, melancholic, romantic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, first love, friendship, youth, high school life, depression, suicide, mental illness, teenage life ...
Time: 90s, year 2012, 2010s, year 2013, 20th century ...
Place: pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Mad Fat Diary (2013)
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 ...
Style: touching, sincere, sentimental, emotional, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: teenager, fat girl, teenage life, youth, loneliness, depression, teenage love, adolescence, high school life, unhappy, first love, teenage girl ...
Time: year 1996, 20th century, 90s
Place: northern england, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Beverly Hills, 90210 followed the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious California ...
Style: romantic, sentimental, soap opera, realistic, teen ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, teenage love, friendship, teenage life, first sex, social issues, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, social relations, up and down relationship ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: beverly hills, usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
100%
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Daria (1997)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are ...
Style: clever, adult cartoon, witty, cynical, adult animation ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: sarcasm, loner, social misfits, high school life, everyday life, antisocial behavior, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, society, school, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Thirtysomething (1987)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Thirtysomething is an American television drama about a group of baby boomers in their late thirties. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick for MGM/UA Television Group and The Bedford Falls Company, and aired on ABC. It premiered in ...
Style: serious, realistic, talky, clever, sincere ...
Plot: yuppie, parenthood, parents, women, lgbt, villain, love, colleague, slice of life, family relations, advertising, friendship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: philadelphia, usa, arizona
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100%
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Party of Five (1994)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Following his parents' tragic death, 24-year-old Charlie Salinger is back at home – and in over his head – as his siblings' legal guardian. Together, Charlie, 16-year-old Bailey, 15-year-old Julia and 11-year-old Claudia share the ...
Style: realistic, touching, serious, sentimental, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: orphan, family relations, coming of age, siblings relations, child care, love and romance, dealing with death, family life, adolescence vs adulthood, teenager, sister sister relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Felicity (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Felicity Porter decides to follow her long time crush to college in New York City.
Style: touching, sentimental, talky, serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: college, couples, coming of age, love triangle, love and romance, adulthood, looking for love, college life, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, youth, teenager ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Life As We Know It (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: See life through the eyes of Dino, Ben, and Jonathan -- three teens experiencing the joys and pains of growing up. Although different in many ways, these guys have one main thing in common -- women. Together, their attitudes about women are ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, melancholic, light ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenage love, teenage life, teachers and students, youth, infidelity, masturbation, friends, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, parents and children, sexual relations ...
Place: usa, seattle
⇓ similarity ⇓
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Degrassi: The Next Generation (2001)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
Style: teen, realistic, sentimental, serious, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, couples, teenage girl, lesbian, friendship, lgbt, teacher, family relations, life is a bitch, teachers and students, teenage love ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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67%
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Dickinson (2019)
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world’s greatest poet.
Style: scenic, captivating, atmospheric, historical drama, factual ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, women, lgbt, female protagonist, lesbian interest, poetry, lesbian love, rebellious daughter, poet, sexual orientation, lgbtq, dream ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1800s
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100%
 7.8
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One Tree Hill (2003)
Genre: Drama, Romance, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the fictional small town of Tree Hill, North Carolina, this teen-driven drama tells the story of two half brothers, who share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his ...
Style: sincere, serious, realistic, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school life, couples, high school, couple relations, girlfriend, friendship, teenage life, youth, teenage love, friends, basketball, family relations ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: north carolina, usa
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100%
 7.6
 96K
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%
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 ...
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 ...
Time: 20th century, year 1984, 80s
Place: new york, usa, connecticut
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 7.5
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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 ⇓
60%
 6.8
 44K
Dawson's Creek (1998)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama television series created by Kevin Williamson which debuted on January 20, 1998, on The WB and was produced by Sony Pictures Television. Filmed in Wilmington, North Carolina, at EUE/Screen Gems studios ...
Style: emotional, touching, realistic, teen, soap opera ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot: couples, coming of age, teenage life, friendship, high school life, small town, love triangle, couple relations, self discovery, teenager, true love, high school ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: boston, massachusetts, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Germany, UK
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: touching, teen, feel good, romantic comedy, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: school, high school, coming of age, teenage life, youth, teenage love, couples, love and romance, parents and children, high school life, teenager, puberty ...
Time: 2000s
Place: england, brighton, europe, new zealand
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.0
 125K
Sixteen Candles (1984)
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, sweet, teen, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, family friendly ...
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, teenage life, high school life, youth, self discovery, teenage girl, teenage love, first love, female nudity, teen romance ...
Time: 80s, year 1984, 20th century
Place: illinois, chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Degrassi: Next Class (2016)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Follow a group of high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from Degrassi Community School, a fictional school in Toronto, Ontario, as they encounter some of the typical issues and challenges common to a teenager's life.
Style: realistic, uplifting, sentimental, emotional, sweet
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lesbian, high school, gay relationship, teenage protagonist, friendship, gay lead character, gays and lesbians, rivalry, teenage life, parent child relationship, feud, high school student ...
Time: 2010s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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100%
 8.6
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Merli (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story: TV series about a high school philosophy teacher, Merlí, who teaches in an original way, and about the students of his class, including his own son, and the relationship, friendship, love, and problems between the students of the class.
Style: captivating, sincere, semi serious, realistic, thought provoking ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: coming of age, high school, philosophy, teacher, bisexual man, teenage love, teenage life, lgbt, gay lead character, gay, jealousy, coworker relationship ...
Place: spain, barcelona
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min.
TV show
Story: A group of East High students countdown to the opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.” Showmances blossom; friendships are tested while new ones are made; rivalries flare and lives are changed forever as ...
Style: feel good, sentimental, humorous, romantic, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, music, singing, friendship, love and romance, sport team, happy ending, audition, family relations, parents and children, follow your dream ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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