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Up the Academy (1980)
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Up the Academy (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: This puber-comedy is a kind of mixture between 'Animal House' and 'Police Academy'. Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a the Sheldon R. Wienberg military academy. The life of dicipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how to make a party out of the hard times. Will they be 'real men' after one year? Written by Evert Poppen
Style: humorous, spoof, sex comedy, anime, not serious, parody, funny, rough, sexy, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: school, high school, looking for sex, teenager, gay, martial arts, youth, college, friends, misfit, teachers and students, family relations, stoner, high school life, gays and lesbians, teenage life, rivalry, animal life, coming of age, nothing goes right, social relations, partner, disorder, silly humor, prank ...
Time: year 1980, 70s, 80s
Keyword: partners, gangsters

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and sex comedy films with plots about youth, friends, teenage life, high school, high school life, disorder and college mostly in Comedy, Romance and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Up the Academy: Brain Drain 2 (2011), Bad Girls (2007), Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012), Combat High (1986), Kids in America (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Brain Drain 2 (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Alfonso, pursues the girl of his life to Harvard, determined to conquer her under the same friends and outlandish plans that his brother used in Oxford. But when you least expect it appears Martha, the girl he fell in love while at school. Sequel to ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sexy
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: university, misfit, student life, college life, silly humor, youth, prank, love and romance, college, buddies, social misfits, love triangle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, massachusetts, harvard university
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Bad Girls (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A rebellious teen butts heads with the teachers at an all-girl charm school in Mexico City.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, dark comedy ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: high school, cruelty, popular girl, teenage life, best friend, campaign, power relations, society, social misfits, politics, teachers and students, friend ...
Place: mexico, latin america
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Revenge of the Nerds III: The Next Generation (1992)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: The nerds are now in control of the university, as a result of Lewis Skolnick and the rest's actions in the two previous movies. A new generation of sportsmen arrive, however, determined on winning the school back. The principle, himself an ...
Style: sex comedy, realistic, semi serious, humorous, teen comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sex, nerd, love, school, farce, cheerleader, power relations, friends, disorder, social relations, campaign, vengeance ...
Time: 90s
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Mac & Devin Go to High School (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: A comedy that follows two high school students -- one overachiever struggling to write his valedictorian speech, the other a senior now going on his 15th year of school.
Style: realistic, humorous, not serious, entertaining, melancholic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: marijuana, high school, slacker, silly humor, drug dealing, teachers and students, youth, social relations, fall in love, high school life, friends, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Combat High (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: "Police Academy"-style comedy set in a military school. Two errant high-school students are ordered by a judge to spend a year at a prestigious military academy, where one of the cadets finds out who is responsible for a spate of midnight ...
Style: parody, semi serious, humorous
Plot: cadet, thief, prank, school, military school, partner, buddies, youth, misfit, disorder, friends, fish out of water ...
Time: 80s
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Kids in America (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Inspired by real events, this ribald comedy pits an unlikely gang of students against their principal after she bars safe-sex activities on campus. Protesting Principal Weller's muzzling of free speech, the teens stage a bold and hilarious ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, witty, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, high school, school, sexual relations, teenage life, friendship, lifestyle, high school life, power relations, hopes, society, fighting the system ...
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Assault of the Party Nerds (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: It's Nerds vs. Frats (again) when the Nerds use a wing-ding party as a recruiting tactic. The jocks are out to spoil the party and harass the nerds. This is a video-only release.
Style: entertaining, sexy, not serious, humorous, sex comedy ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: nudity, female nudity, rivalry, stupidity, fraternity, nerd, teen angst, striptease, idiot, recruitment, dormitory, athlete ...
Time: 80s
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Movie 43 (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: The film is composed of multiple comedy shorts presented through an overarching segment titled "The Pitch", in which Charlie Wessler, a mad screenwriter, is attempting to pitch a script to film executive Griffin Schraeder. After revealing ...
Style: parody, funny, not serious, spoof, cult classic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot: dark humor, irreverence, toilet humor, gross out humor, youth, teenage life, stupidity, society, multiple storylines, dishonesty, escapades, satire ...
Time: year 2013, 2010s, year 1959, 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles, new york
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Dazed and Confused (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: The adventures of a group of Texas teens on their last day of school in 1976, centering on student Randall Floyd, who moves easily among stoners, jocks and geeks. Floyd is a star athlete, but he also likes smoking weed, which presents a conundrum ...
Style: feel good, talky, teen, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, high school, teenager, adolescence, stoner, adolescence vs adulthood, friendship, weed, party, bullying, drug, summer ...
Time: 70s, year 1976, 90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place: texas, seattle, midwest, austin texas, usa
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The Weekend (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: In the spirit of "Superbad" and "Dazed and Confused," "The Weekend" relishes the moments that made being a teenager so excruciatingly painful and fantastic. Over the course of a single weekend, various teenagers ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sexy, teen ...
Audience: teens
Plot: buddies, love and romance, lifestyle, high school life, couples, prank, youth, college, teenage love, teenage life, college life, nightlife ...
Time: 21st century
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Expelled (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Felix (Cameron Dallas) is a legendary prankster who gets expelled from his high school and, with his friend’s help, stops at nothing to hide it from his parents.
Style: witty, humorous, realistic, disgusting, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: high school, teenage life, prankster, coming of age, high school life, youth, friends, school expulsion, college, power relations, teenage girl, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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High School (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A high school valedictorian who gets baked with the local stoner finds himself the subject of a drug test. The situation causes him to concoct an ambitious plan to get his entire graduating class to face the same fate, and fail.
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, funny, black comedy ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: weed, high school, stoner, youth, cheerleader, fighting the system, teenage life, misfit, against the rules, nothing goes right, rebellion, manipulation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Outcasts (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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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Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 85 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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Style: realistic, not serious, humorous, light, teen comedy
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Country: USA
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Dirty Deeds (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
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Style: sexy, sex comedy, teen sex comedy, romantic, funny ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night
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Time: year 2005, 2000s
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General Education (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Levi Collins is set to go to the local University on a tennis scholarship, but he forgot to tell his parents one thing - he didn't graduate. As a result, he must take summer school before his mom and dad discover he's failed senior ...
Style: humorous, not serious, light, entertaining, independent film ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Senior Skip Day (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Adam Harris, a semi-lame senior, is head over heels in love with Cara. Unfortunately she is the most popular girl in school. On the one day of the year that he could actually have a chance, senior skip day, he screws it all up by accidentally ...
Style: sex comedy, humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, party, school, youth, buddies, disorder, looking for sex, teacher, escapades, college, nightlife, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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H.O.T.S. (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Four girls spurned by the popular Sorority on campus decide to start their own and steal all the men on campus away from the house that rejected them.
Style: erotic, sex comedy, grindhouse, humorous, sexual ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: college, sorority, university, woman in short shorts, american football, exhibitionism, nudity, sex, erotica, exploitation, teenager, high school ...
Time: year 1979, 70s
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Just One of the Girls (1993)
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
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Trippin' (1999)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Greg is near the end of his senior year in high school, wanting to go to the prom, eyeing Cinny (the school's beauty with brains) from afar, and regularly trippin', daydreaming about being a big success as a poet, a student, a lover. His ...
Style: hood, semi serious, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 90s, year 1999, y2k
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Bro, What Happened? (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Phil and his misfit friends score big when they are invited to the party of the century at Bob's house. Known for throwing the craziest drug, sex and booze filled parties, this was sure to be a night to remember. The only problem is that they ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Audience: teens, boys' night
Plot: disorder, memory loss, buddies, nothing goes right, party, flashback sequence, high school, college, stoner, nudity, friends, looking for sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Fraternity House (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Fraternity House is a 24 hour look inside fraternity life. Set on the last day of the school year graduating seniors Jake and Evan have one day to figure out how to stay on campus for a fifth year. With the help of 8th year senior and fraternity ...
Style: sex comedy, not serious, realistic, sexy, humorous ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: college, coming of age, looking for sex, friends, youth, disorder, power relations, buddies, lifestyle, college life, teaching the ways of the world, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 21st century
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The 41-Year-Old Virgin Who Knocked Up Sarah Marshall and Felt Superbad About It (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Follows Andy, who needs to hook up with a hottie, pronto, because he hasn't had sex in... well, forever - and his luck isn't the only thing that's hard. His equally horny teenage roommates also need it superbad, and with the help of ...
Style: spoof, humorous, parody, funny, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: virginity, buddies, absurdism, stupidity, teenage life, youth, misfit, looking for sex, disorder, making love, satire, sex scene ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Cheats (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just so they can get a mark in some teacher's report book, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That's why Handsome and his three best friends ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, light, realistic
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, coming of age, gang, friendship, teenage life, cons and scams, partner, dishonesty, teachers and students, teenager, scam, college ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 4.7
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Barely Legal (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Teenager Deacon works at a video shop, and his buddies, Fred and Matt, sell the bootleg porno films he acquires. Deacon gets fired, but the pals have the bright idea of filming their own Internet porn flick in order to make money and become more ...
Style: teen sex comedy, sex comedy, humorous, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: high school, porn star, looking for sex, filmmaking, sexuality, college, dumb, stupidity, adult filmmaking, teenage life, porn industry, disorder ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 5.8
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The New Guy (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Nerdy high school senior Dizzy Harrison has finally gotten lucky -- after purposely getting expelled, he takes lessons in 'badass cool' from a convict and enrolls at a new school. But can he keep up the ruse?
Style: feel good, funny, teen, hilarious, parody ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, high school, bullying, friendship, starting over, stereotypes, high school life, cheerleader, teenage love, misfit, cheerleading, youth ...
Time: y2k, 2000s
Place: austin texas, texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Zapped Again! (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A new kid moves into school, making enemies with the affluent societies and joining the beleaguered Science Club. But when an old potion is discovered to confer telekinetic power he gets the chance to get his own back, as well as having a bit of fun ...
Style: sex comedy, dark, independent film, sexy, parody ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: hottie, high school, teenager, erotica, psychic power, psychic, telekinesis, potion, laboratory, nudity, power relations, environmentalism ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
 3.7
 664
Virgin High (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: When he is caught with his girlfriend, she is shipped off to a Catholic boarding school. He poses as a priest to see her and is beset with a series of surprises that prove that nothing is sacred at the academy of the blessed virgin
Style: sexy, independent film, not serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, high school, nudity, nubile girl, youth, lifestyle, couples, boarding school, friends, power relations, social relations, teachers and students ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
22%
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