Movies like Killing Poe

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Killing Poe (2016)
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Killing Poe (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In this hilarious college comedy, five students find themselves in the most infuriating class on Edgar Allan Poe ever. After weeks of abuse from their professor - and a 'shroom-fueled trip with a beat-boxing groundskeeper and a TV horror host - the group plots revenge. But their "simple" plan spirals out of control and they learn the hard way what Poe's stories are really all about.
Style: independent film, dark comedy
Plot: college, college student, college professor, college campus, college dean, coffin

Most similar movies to Killing Poe

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, semi serious and independent film films with plots about college, college student, friends, youth, high school, student and college life mostly in Comedy, Family and Thriller genres. Some movies like Killing Poe: Dead Man on Campus (1998), High School (2010), Accepted (2006), 21 & Over (2013), Getting Away with Murder (1996). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Dead Man on Campus (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Josh Miller is a studious and responsible pre-med student entering college as a freshman. His wild, hard-partying roommate Cooper Frederickson, on the other hand, is a spoiled rich kid who never studies and spends his time getting drunk and ogling ...
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Time: 90s
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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.
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Accepted (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
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Time: year 2006, 2000s, 21st century
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21 & Over (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Brilliant student Jeff Chang has the most important interview of his life tomorrow. But today is still his birthday, what starts off as a casual celebration with friends evolves into a night of debauchery that risks to derail his life plan.
Style: humorous, not serious, funny, teen, teen sex comedy ...
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Getting Away with Murder (1996)
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Duration: 91 min.
Story: When the very moralistic college ethics instructor Jack Lambert finds himself living next door to an accused German death camp commander, he takes it upon himself to rid the world of this man.
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Time: 90s, year 1996
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Duration: 93 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Four college seniors open a bogus sex clinic, which unexpectedly mushrooms into a multi-million dollar business. Featuring a young Dennis Quaid in one of his earliest roles and Alan Reed (the original voice of Fred Flintstone) in his final film ...
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Duration: 92 min.
Story: The owner of a sleazy hotel, along with his friend, decides to videotape a room that is rented by a sexually active couple. Inadvertently recording their murders, the men are soon faced with a dilemma as the killers come looking for the tape.
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Story: Glory Daze is an American comedy-drama television series. The one-hour series revolves around a group of college freshmen who pledge a fraternity in 1986. The series aired from November 16, 2010, to January 18, 2011 on TBS. On February 24, 2011, ...
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