Movies like Palo Alto, CA
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Palo Alto, CA (2007)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
On their last night of Thanksgiving break, four old friends, now all college freshmen, realize their small town has more meaning than they ever imagined.
Style:
humorous, captivating, light, emotional, teen sex comedy, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
thanksgiving, friends, coming of age, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, small town, homecoming, college student, college freshman, college, teenage life, suburban life, college life, small town life, nude, reunion, nudity (full frontal - brief)
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and captivating films with plots about friends, youth, coming of age, lifestyle, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood and love and romance mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Palo Alto, CA: Hollidaysburg (2014), The Young Kieslowski (2014), Not Cool (2014), True Adolescents (2009), Funeral Kings (2012). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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NOT COOL follows former prom king and college freshman Scott (Shane Dawson) who has just returned home for Thanksgiving break only to be dumped by his eccentric, long-term girlfriend. With his world turned upside down, Scott strikes an unlikely ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Angela and Travis consider having sex for the first time just as their high school starts up an abstinence education program. Making matters worse, a "good girl" collects abstinence pledges from students and blows the whistle on Angela and ...
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
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Story:
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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42%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
In the town of Colma, just south of San Francisco, the dead outnumber the living one thousand to one. Here, one wouldn't expect teenagers to burst out in song, or dance around cemeteries and streets. But, that's exactly what happens. Best ...
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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39%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 95 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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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
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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Country: USA
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Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Story:
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Country: USA
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Story:
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Country: USA
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26%
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Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
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Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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