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Old Enough (1984)
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The 12 years old well-bred Lonnie meets the impudent Karen on the street. They spend some time together and Karen teaches Lonnie some of her favorite occupancies, like make-up, shoplifting, skipping school and lying to the parent about it, but confessing to the priest later. But Karen also learns some honesty from Lonnie. A film about social differences and growing up.
Style:
independent film, sentimental, touching, humorous, emotional, realistic, semi serious, slasher, nostalgic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
friendship, teenager, coming of age, youth, female friendship, young girl, friendship between girls, female bonding, strong female lead, summer vacation, woman, middle school, age-gap relationship, family relations, religion, religious differences, friends, rich and poor, teenage life, social differences, society, urban, hopes, power relations, poker ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, sentimental and serious films with plots about youth, coming of age, friendship, society, family relations, teenage life and friends mostly in Drama, Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Old Enough: Those Glory Glory Days (1983), Cuties (2020), Brooklyn Bridge (1991), Toe to Toe (2009), Face (2002). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 90 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Brooklyn Bridge is an American television program which aired on CBS between 1991 and 1993. It is about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s. The premise was partially based on the childhood of executive producer and ...
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
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Country: Australia
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: France, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
new jersey, new york, usa, california
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: Finland
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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22%
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Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Similarity:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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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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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
19%
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Plot:
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