Movies like Making the Grade
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Making the Grade (1984)
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Lazy preppie Palmer Woodrow hires street-smart Eddie Keaton to go to school for him while he lives it up in Europe. Eddie falls in love with preppie gal Tracey, upsetting Biff, the Hoover Academy bully. When his bookie from the old neighborhood, Dice, comes to collect on Eddie's gambling debts and Palmer returns early from Europe, the the scheme slowly starts to unravel. Soon, Eddie can't even tell whose side he's really on.
Style:
funny, feel good, humorous, semi serious, sex comedy, grindhouse, independent film, realistic, exciting, unusual plot structure ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
comedy of errors, friendship, justice, teenage life, hidden identity, college life, teenage love, social differences, school, teenager, pretending to be someone else, jealousy, culture clash, golf, breakdance, happy ending, high school, coming of age, teen angst, gambling, bookies, going straight, high school romance, youth, college ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new jersey, usa, europe, new england, san francisco
Keyword:
partners, stable, sport, gangsters
Most similar movies to Making the Grade
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and feel good films with plots about youth, love and romance, coming of age, high school, teenage life, friends and teenager mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like Making the Grade: My Teacher's Wife (1999), One Crazy Summer (1986), How I Got Into College (1989), Book of Love (1990), Private School (1983). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Todd Boomer is a college student aspiring to get into University. His chances are looking poor when his maths teacher, fails him in every maths test. Help arrives in the guise of the gorgeous Vicki, a mathematical genius who decides to tutor Todd. ...
Style:
sexual, sex comedy, semi serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
unfaithful wife, older woman younger man relationship, teacher student sex, adultery, teacher student relationship, infidelity, older woman younger man, tutor, unlikely couple, teachers and students, female nudity, voyeur ...
Time:
90s
Place:
boston, harvard university
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
An aspiring teenage cartoonist and his friends come to the aid of a singer trying to save her family property from developers.
Style:
feel good, humorous, semi serious, light, colorful ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
friendship, coming of age, teenager, love, youth, eviction, summer vacation, brat pack, obsession, voice over narration, feud, greed ...
Time:
80s, year 1986
Place:
usa, new england, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
The simple story of two young Michigan high school students, Jessica, Class President, Local Smart Girl, and object of Marlon's affections attempt to get into a small Pennsylvania college. Jessica fights off her parent's expectation of ...
Style:
humorous, entertaining, satirical, romantic, light ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
college, high school, coming of age, teenager, police investigation, justice, storytelling, stereotypes, happy ending, adaptation, multiple storylines, mentor ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
holland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
John Twiller takes down his high school yearbook and begins to reminiscence about that time he first moved into the neighborhood in 1956. His teenage self, Jack is obsessed with Lily one of the more popular girls around. The sole obstacle is Angelo, ...
Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
prom, high school, teenage love, friendship, fish out of water, youth, self discovery, couple relations, fall in love, friends, college life, college ...
Time:
1950s, 50s
Place:
california
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Private-school student Christine loves Jim. But her classmate, Jordan, is also vying for Jim's attention and trying to end his relationship with Christine. Meanwhile, Jim's friend Bubba embarks on a series of sexual escapades, including ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, sex comedy, humorous, sexy, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
teenager, sex, voyeurism, girls' boarding school, high school, female pubic hair, cheerleader, friends, voyeur, female nudity, college, coming of age ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Soul Man is a comedy film made in 1986 about a man who undergoes racial transformation with pills to qualify for an African-American-only scholarship at Harvard Law School. It stars C. Thomas Howell, Rae Dawn Chong, Arye Gross, James Earl Jones, ...
Style:
humorous, controversial, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
racism, college, high school, mentor, teenager, culture clash, happy ending, coming of age, black, teenage sex, black man, interracial ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, los angeles, usa, hawaii, harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Bianca's universe turns upside down when she learns that her high school refers to her as a ‘DUFF' (Designated Ugly Fat Friend). Hoping to erase that label, she enlists the help of a charming jock and her favorite teacher. Together ...
Style:
feel good, funny, teen, rom com, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenager, youth, high school life, coming of age, school, adolescence, friendship, teenage life, stereotypes, college, relationships ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A recent high school graduate is faced with two options, either go to a business school where his father wants him to go to, or get a full time job. However he decides to defy his father and go to Hawaii. Trouble is he has no money. Along the way he ...
Style:
humorous, sentimental, semi serious, touching, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, school, friendship, teenager, older woman younger man relationship, best friend, sex, family relations, looking for sex, fall in love, teenage love, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
year 1962, 60s
Place:
chicago, usa, hawaii
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
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 ⇓
53%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When high-school heartthrob Michael receives an unsigned love letter, he assumes it's from knock-out prom queen Deborah Anne instead of pretty honor student Toni. And when Michael accidentally misplaces the letter, the juicy jottings soon make ...
Style:
teen sex comedy, light, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, chick flick
Plot:
teenager, high school, love and romance, love, school, secret admirer, summer vacation, summer, farce, fraternity, voyeur, relationships ...
Time:
80s, year 1985
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.
Style:
humorous, teen, funny, sex comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
college, misfit, youth, looking for sex, high school, party, dumb, stupidity, friendship, lifestyle, culture clash, society ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Brad is about to hook up with the girl of his dreams, but runs into a problem, no condom. So Brad sets out into the night to find one, running into many obstacles along the way, while not knowing his best friend, Leah is in love with him.
Style:
hilarious, semi serious, realistic, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
best friends in love, college, love, teenage love, teenage life, student, party, high school, teenager, friends to lovers, road trip, gang ...
Time:
90s, y2k
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.
Style:
feel good, sex comedy, light, slang, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
coming of age, high school, teenager, party, friends, friendship, obsessive love, teen romance, dancing, love triangle, punk rock, love ...
Time:
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Place:
los angeles, usa, southern california
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Two New York hustlers (Michael O'Keefe, Paul Rodriguez) go to Palm Beach, Fla., and enroll in a charm school to please an heiress.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
teenager, inheritance, high society, school, illuminati, orphanage, merchant, partner, nudity, profanity, friends, couples ...
Time:
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Place:
florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Teenager Leslie Hindenberg, mistakenly believing she has just weeks to live, decides she will lose her virginity before she dies.
Style:
realistic, humorous, not serious, sex comedy, erotic ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
loss of virginity, high school, looking for sex, sex scene, youth, teenage love, teenage life, coming of age, lifestyle, couples, disorder, power relations ...
Time:
80s
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
1956: The shy Jonathan's luck with girls changes when he wins the rebellious Gene as a friend in his last year of high school. Gene is adored by many girls and manages to teach Jonathan a few lessons. Gene himself would rather just be with one ...
Style:
sexy, sex comedy, erotic, feel good, teen sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night
Plot:
coming of age, high school, first love, greaser, voyeur, youth, blonde, female nudity, fondling, nudity, male orgasm, first sexual experience ...
Time:
1950s, year 1985, year 1956, 20th century, 50s
Place:
ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When his journal of bright ideas is stolen, college freshman Bickford Schmeckler (Fugit) has to blanket the campus in order to locate it.
Style:
humorous, feel good, witty, semi serious, epic ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
looking for sex, college, fall in love, lifestyle, college life, fish out of water, teenage life, disorder, buddies, goofy hero, youth, obsessive quest ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
High school hotshot Zach Siler is the envy of his peers. But his popularity declines sharply when his cheerleader girlfriend, Taylor, leaves him for sleazy reality-television star Brock Hudson. Desperate to revive his fading reputation, Siler agrees ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sweet, teen, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, high school, opposites attract, youth, teen romance, adolescence, bet, high school life, fall in love, young love, teenage girl, teenage love ...
Time:
90s, y2k, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring ...
Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, romantic, teen, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot:
high school, shakespeare, fall in love, teenager, teenage life, love triangle, mentor, happy ending, adolescence, underdog, high school life, school ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Chris has to change school to attend a music program, but a bully named Kurt is going to make his life impossible so he decided to dress as a girl to avoid this. Taking advantage of his condition he became (girl-)friend with Marie, and fell in love ...
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, teen sex comedy, entertaining ...
Audience:
date night, teens, chick flick
Plot:
fall in love, teenage life, cross dressing, high school, gender bending, youth, switching roles, cheerleading, friendship, college, teenage love, high school life ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Israel, West Germany
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Going Steady aka Lemon Popsicle 2 is the sequel to the 1978 Israeli film Lemon Popsicle. The movie basically follows the daily lives of several teenagers as they are "coming of age" in what appears to be the late 50's (maybe early ...
Style:
sex comedy, sexy, grindhouse, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, date night, boys' night
Plot:
israeli, looking for sex, teenager, prom, smoking, beach, nudity, suburbs, friends, love and romance, coming of age, youth ...
Time:
50s, 20th century, 1950s
Place:
israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A typical Midwestern 18 year-old freshman at a large state university eager to delve into the college party life, instead discovers that school is not the beer-driven, sexual fantasy of his imagination. Determined to do anything to obtain the girl ...
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, sex comedy ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
college, sorority, fraternity, lesbian, pretending to be gay, hidden identity, teenage life, looking for love, lifestyle, unlikely couple, love and romance, youth ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
The friendship of a group of young friends struggling with teen sex, drugs, and work is jeopardized by a romantic interest which may turn pals into bitter rivals.
Style:
sexual, sexy, touching, melancholic, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
coming of age, teenager, friendship, sex, high school, prostitute, sex scene, looking for sex, contests and competitions, teenage love, adolescence, unlikely friendships ...
Time:
80s
Place:
los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Troy "Slam" Slamsky loses his girl, love makes a wake-up call and he finds success in the world of online advertising with some hysterical twists on an old theme. Finding a new love who understands his vision sets Slam free to do what ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, independent film, parody
Audience:
teens
Plot:
couples, friends, friendship, sexual content, disorder, buddies, love and romance, youth, ambition, lifestyle, couple relations, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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:
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Place:
england, brighton, europe, new zealand
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49%
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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:
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Plot:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Feeling pressured to become more sexually experienced before she goes to college, Brandy Klark makes a list of things to accomplish before hitting campus in the fall.
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Time:
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Place:
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49%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
coming of age, teenage sex, teenage love, friendship, youth, teenager, fall in love, friends, love, children, child, teen angst ...
Time:
80s
Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Rome, 1989. Luca Molinari meets Claudia in a party, both of them are stressed about the upcoming final exams. Luca falls in love with the girl and now spends his time looking for her. He is assisted by his inseparable friends: Alice, Richard, ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental, realistic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenage love, coming of age, teenage life, lifestyle, love and romance, buddies, youth, teachers and students, high school, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time:
80s
Place:
europe, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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