Movies like O.C. and Stiggs

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O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
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O.C. and Stiggs (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: O.C. and Stiggs aren't your average unhappy teenagers. They not only despise their suburban surroundings, they plot against it. They seek revenge against the middle class Schwab family, who embody all they detest: middle class.
Style: cult classic, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, sexual, crying, buddy comedy, sexy, eighties ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, revenge, middle class, high school, suburbs, suburban life, prank, socially awkward, youth, friends, rebellion, fighting the system, high school life, teenage life, vengeance, society, working class, mischievous children, rebelliousness, family in danger, buddies, against the rules, gay, business, money ...
Time: year 1985, 80s
Place: arizona, usa, tennessee, vietnam, america, mexico, united states of america
Keyword: americana

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Most similar movies to O.C. and Stiggs

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and feel good films with plots about youth, love and romance, high school, friends, friendship, teenage life and teenager mostly in Comedy, Romance and Drama genres. Some movies like O.C. and Stiggs: Valley Girl (1983), Better Off Dead... (1985), Sixteen Candles (1984), Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978), Making the Grade (1984). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Valley Girl (1983)
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: 80s, year 1983
Place: los angeles, usa, southern california
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Better Off Dead... (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Lane Meyer is obsessed with his girlfriend Beth and is crushed when she falls for the new captain of the ski team, Roy. After several failed suicide attempts, narrow escapes from the relentless paper boy, and nearly unbearable dinners at home with ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, dark comedy, sweet ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, kids, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, skiing, teenager, high school, suicide attempt, youth, slutty attitude, machismo, teenage love, young lovers, rivalry, unfulfilled love ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1985
Place: usa, california, seattle
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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%
Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Stella Johnson is a single mother living in the town of Harper Valley. Most of the townsfolk, particularly those on the school PTA, think she is a little too liberal so they're making things tough for her and her daughter. So she runs for the ...
Style: independent film, realistic, semi serious, biting, clever ...
Plot: revenge, hillbilly, feminist, child, milf, high school, small town, fighting the system, prank, school, breakup, alcohol abuse ...
Time: year 1978, 70s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Making the Grade (1984)
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, ...
Style: funny, semi serious, feel good, humorous, sex comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: comedy of errors, friendship, justice, college life, teenage life, hidden identity, teenage love, social differences, school, teenager, pretending to be someone else, jealousy ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey, europe, usa, new england
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Soul Man (1986)
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
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Bad Girls from Valley High (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Three snobbish high school girls prematurely age brought on from a curse, a drug (or something) after the arrival of new transfer student whom they believe is connected to a murder they committed a year earlier. A fate worse than death.
Style: semi serious, witty, humorous, cynical, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, murder, couples, youth, best friend, lifestyle, teenage life, teenage love, bitch, unlikely criminals, buddies, opposites attract ...
Place: usa
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20%
Secret Admirer (1985)
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 ⇓
20%
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Since You've Been Gone (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story of a 10th anniversary High School reunion, told through the eyes of a doctor who was humiliated on graduation day by being badly beaten up by a fellow graduate.
Style: semi serious, realistic, feel good, witty, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: cheerleader, lgbt, high school, psychopath, friendship, student life, singleness, looking for love, adolescence vs adulthood, anniversary, twentysomething life, high school life ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Private School (1983)
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
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Time: 80s, year 1983
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
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Now You Know (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: On the eve of his bachelor party, a man learns his fiancee wants to call off the wedding. The unmarried couple returns to New Jersey to sort out their relationship.
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sentimental, melancholic
Audience: date night
Plot: couples, wedding, breakup, family relations, love and romance, crumbling marriage, buddies, flirting, male female relationship, father son relationship, prank, boyfriend girlfriend relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
One Crazy Summer (1986)
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 ⇓
19%
Town & Country (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Porter Stoddard is a well-known New York architect who is at a crossroads... a nexus where twists and turns lead to myriad missteps some with his wife Ellie, others with longtime friends Mona and her husband Griffin. Deciding which direction to take ...
Style: humorous, melancholic, light, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: infidelity, farce, dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, architect, relationship vs career, family problems, couple relations, introspection, crumbling marriage, dishonesty, love affair ...
Time: year 2001
Place: usa, new york, mississippi, paris france, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
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Duration: 93 min.
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Style: talky, realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience: date night, teens, girls' night
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sexual
Audience: teens
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Kiss the Bride (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
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Duration: 100 min.
Story: In high school, Matt and Ryan were best friends. More than friends, actually. But in the ensuing ten years, they've lost contact. So when Matt receives an invitation to Ryan's wedding he's surprised - especially that Ryan is marrying ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, feel good ...
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Plot: gay, lgbt, friendship, best friend, family relations, high school, love and romance, young lovers, looking for love, lgbtq, youth, unlikely couple ...
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Book of Love (1990)
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
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Time: 1950s, 50s
Place: california
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19%
Can't Hardly Wait (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom ...
Style: romantic, realistic, feel good, funny, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, coming of age, college, youth, graduation, house party, party, friends, cheerleader, american football, bullying ...
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18%
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Outside Providence (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: feel good, humorous, intense, sweet, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
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Time: 20th century, 70s, year 1999, y2k, 90s
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The Malibu Bikini Shop (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: After inheriting a failing bikini shop, two recent grads decide to make a go of it. One, in the hopes of building it into a successful business, the other, in the hopes of getting to look at lots of women in (and out) of swimsuits. As they try more ...
Style: teen sex comedy, not serious, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: teens, date night, girls' night
Plot: beach, family life, family business, teenage life, youth, family relations, store, couples, brother brother relationship, party, inheritance, teenager ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, usa, los angeles, venice california, malibu california
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18%
Sex, Politics & Cocktails (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Latin American filmmaker Sebastian Cortez (Julien Hernandez) is unable to commit to his girlfriend and, at age 30, finds himself alone and never in love in this irreverent comedy. On a mission to find the love of his life, he solicits help from his ...
Style: witty, humorous, feel good, semi serious, independent film ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: gay stereotype, looking for love, culture clash, fall in love, friendship, couples, society, youth, lifestyle, love and romance, best friend, sex shop ...
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18%
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The Outcasts (2017)
Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 95 min.
Story: After falling victim to a humiliating prank by the high school Queen Bee, best friends and world-class geeks, Mindy and Jodi, decide to get their revenge by uniting the outcasts of the school against her and her circle of friends.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: The setting is Camp Firewood, the year 1981. It's the last day before everyone goes back to the real world, but there's still a summer's worth of unfinished business to resolve. At the center of the action is camp director Beth, who ...
Style: humorous, funny, parody, stylized, harsh ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: summer camp, love triangle, lifeguard, camp, farce, rescue, coming of age, stoner, looking for sex, teenager, satire, summer ...
Time: 80s, year 2001, 2000s, year 1981
Place: maine, italy
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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The DUFF (2015)
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 ⇓
18%
A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon (1988)
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 ⇓
18%
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Going Steady (1979)
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 ⇓
18%
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Election (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A high school teacher's personal life becomes complicated as he works with students during the school elections.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, political, witty, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, teacher, election, satire, teenage girl, politics, campaign, jealousy, coming of age, society, school, teachers and students ...
Time: 90s, year 1999, y2k, 20th century
Place: nebraska, washington d.c., new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
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House Party (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Young Kid has been invited to a party at his friend Play's house. But after a fight at school, Kid's father grounds him. None the less, Kid sneaks out when his father falls asleep. But Kid doesn't know that three of the thugs at ...
Style: hood, funny, cult classic, light, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: hip hop, african american, high school, teenager, black, urban, dancing, ghetto, gangster, coming of age, school, police ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Just One of the Guys (1985)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: When Terry Griffith loses her high school's writing competition, she's convinced that it's because she's a girl. So Terry decides to change high schools and pose as a boy to prove her point. Her brother, Buddy, helps her pass as ...
Style: entertaining, feel good, not serious, humorous, teen sex comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family outing, girls' night, date night
Plot: cross dressing, high school, gender disguise, adolescence, gender bending, college, sexism, prom, hidden identity, switching roles, coming of age, gender bender ...
Time: 80s, year 1985
Place: california, phoenix arizona, arizona, tucson arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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 3K
Spring Break (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Two sets of two college guys spend a spring break together in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. There they have lots of fun in and out of the sun.
Style: teen sex comedy, cult classic, sex comedy, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, sex, voyeur, teenager, beach, drinking, spring break, beer, hotel, scream queen, sleaze, surf ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 21st century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
17%
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