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Popular (1999)
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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 situation on top of regular teenage girl problems.
Style: humorous, emotional, realistic, witty, semi serious, offbeat, teen, telenovela, queer cinema, teen comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot: popularity, high school, cheerleader, peer pressure, high school life, homosexual, friendship, youth, misfit, rise to the top, leadership, teenage life, lifestyle, teenage love, friends, couples, social misfits, social climbing, teenager, rivalry, coming of age, gay, feminism, teenage angst, mean girl ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century, 1990s
Keyword: sport

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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 teenage life, youth, teenager, high school, friends, love and romance and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Popular: My So-Called Life (1994), Boy Meets World (1993), Awkward. (2011), Clueless (1995), Faking It (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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 ...
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%
Boy Meets World (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, boys' night, pre-teens, family outing ...
Plot: high school, family relations, coming of age, college, teachers and students, teenage life, high school life, supportive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, school ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place: pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
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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 ⇓
100%
 6.9
 243K
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%
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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
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100%
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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%
 6.7
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Hellcats (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Pre-law student Marti Perkins' world is flipped upside down when she loses her scholarship, and realizes the only way she can stay in school is by reigniting her dormant teen gymnastic skills to win a place on Lancer University's legendary ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: college, cheerleading, student life, cheerleader, campus, friends, team, social relations, love and romance, youth, lifestyle, teenage life ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: southern usa, usa, memphis
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Saved by the Bell (1989)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1989 to 1993. The series was a retool of the Disney Channel series Good Morning, Miss Bliss. The show follows the exploits of a group of friends and their principal, and ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, sweet, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot: high school, cheerleader, teenager, school, high school life, teenage girl, teachers and students, education, drug, best friend, interracial friendship, rivalry ...
Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Degrassi Junior High (1987)
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Degrassi Junior High is a Canadian CBC Television teen drama series that was produced from 1987-1989 as part of the Degrassi series. The show followed the lives of a group of students attending the titular fictional school. Many episodes tackled ...
Style: realistic, serious, sentimental, sincere, touching ...
Audience: teens, kids, teen drama
Plot: teenage love, high school life, high school, looking for love, friendship, family relations, friends, youth, teenage life, social relations, love and romance, society ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 5.8
 21K
Drive Me Crazy (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Nicole and Chase live next door to each other but are worlds apart. However, they plot a scheme to date each other in order to attract the interest and jealousy of their respective romantic prey. But in the mist of planning a gala centennial ...
Style: feel good, romantic, sexy, teen, light ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: high school, opposites attract, teenager, friendship, romantic rivalry, enemies to lovers, prom, best friends in love, friends to lovers, couples, youth, love ...
Time: y2k, year 1999, 90s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.2
 3K
Camp (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story: Off the grid and miles from civilization, Little Otter Family Camp has summer fun for everyone. Parents decompress over gin and tonics while their kids run wild, and teenage counselors fall in and out of love. Mackenzie Granger is the camp owner and ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: unrequited love, coming of age, teenage life, social relations, singer, supportive friend, popularity, friends, youth, summer vacation, father son relationship, romantic rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 ⇓
67%
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 ⇓
32%
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 ⇓
31%
Desperate Housewives (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. ...
Style: witty, humorous, sexy, soap opera, sexual ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
Plot: housewife, female friendship, neighbor, suburban life, family life, social relations, investigation, lifestyle, friends, couple relations, family relations, infidelity ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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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 ⇓
30%
Sweet Valley High (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series very loosely based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment. The rights are now ...
Style: sweet, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous
Audience: kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, occupation, sister sister relationship, twin sister, teenage life, friendship, best friend, friends, family relations, disorder, shopping ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, southern california, pacific ocean
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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 ⇓
50%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 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
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18%
 6.2
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Zoey 101 (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Zoey 101 is an American television series which originally aired on Nickelodeon from January 9, 2005 until May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of teenager Zoey Brooks and her friends as they attend Pacific Coast Academy, a fictional boarding school ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sitcom, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, boarding school life, teenage love, teenager, battle of the sexes, best friend, lifestyle, youth, teachers and students, friendship, male female relationship, female protagonist ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Rebelde Way (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Romance
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Rebelde Way is a Martín Fierro Award—nominated Argentine soap opera created and produced by Cris Morena. It originally aired from 26 May 2002 to 18 December 2003. The series was broadcast in many countries worldwide, including Peru, Germany, ...
Style: soap opera, semi serious, humorous, novela, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friends, high school life, boarding school life, youth, teenage life, teenage love, love and romance, music, friendship, teachers and students, boarding school, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: argentina
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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That '70s Show (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot: friendship, group of friends, teenage love, cannabis, small town, teenager, couples, couple relations, generation gap, parents and children, basement, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 90s, 70s, 20th century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Bart Got a Room (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Everyone is searching for love in director Brian Hecker's semi-autobiographical story. Danny Stein, a high school senior at the bottom of the social food chain, needs a prom date. As a cause of anxiety for Danny, Bart Beeber, the nerdiest guy ...
Style: humorous, feel good, realistic, touching, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: prom, cheerleader, teenage love, wooing, love and romance, looking for sex, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, friends, self discovery, buddies, unlikely couple ...
Time: 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Breaker High (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Breaker High is a Canadian teen comedy-drama series that ran from 1997 to 1998, airing on YTV in Canada and on UPN in the United States.
Style: semi serious, realistic, sincere, humorous
Audience: kids, teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, friendship, teenager, occupation, cruise, cruise ship, teen romance, friends, childhood sweetheart, couples, coming of age, youth ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Falcon Beach (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Set in a quiet town where locals and summer visitors mingle, and relationships change as quickly as the tide. Will the hot days of summer prove long enough to resolve the abundant seduction and scandal of Falcon Beach?
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, emotional
Audience: teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: family relations, friends, youth, love and romance, social differences, environmentalism, culture clash, small town life, small town, mogul, friendship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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Glee (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: Glee is an American teen musical comedy-drama television series that airs on the Fox network in the United States. It focuses on the reconstituted William McKinley High School glee club, New Directions, which competes on the show choir competition ...
Style: feel good, stylized, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot: high school, gay, coach, teenage life, youth, cheerleader, friendship, contests and competitions, outcast, teenage girl, gay teenager, music band ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, idaho, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
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