Movies like Carrie Pilby

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Carrie Pilby (2016)
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Carrie Pilby (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Awkward, isolated and disapproving of most of the people around her, a precocious 19-year-old genius is challenged to put her convictions to the test by venturing out on to the NYC dating scene, in this adaptation of Caren Lissner’s best-selling 2003 novel.
Style: light, romantic, humorous, psychological, sincere, captivating, offbeat, entertaining, romantic comedy, cute ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: genius, dating, therapy, father daughter relationship, friendship, strong female lead, society, women, introspection, coming of age, love, teenager, youth, summer, happy ending, woman, mental health, young adult, trouble, musician, geek, goldfish, bucket list, strong female character, therapist ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
Keyword: feminist film, personal ad

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, light and semi serious films with plots about friendship, teenager, love, coming of age, youth, love and romance and high school mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Carrie Pilby: The Devil Wears Prada (2006), The Women (2008), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999), Breaking & Exiting (2018), Staten Island Summer (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Devil Wears Prada (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, France
Duration: 109 min.
Story: The Devil Wears Prada is about a young journalist who moves to New York to work in the fashion industry. Her boss however is extremely demanding and cruel and won’t let her succeed if she doesn’t fit into the high class elegant look of their ...
Style: romantic, feel good, funny, romantic comedy, teen ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: fashion, fashion industry, women, journalism, city life, strong female character, workplace intrigue, workplace situations, journalist, career woman, designer, relationship vs career ...
Time: 2000s, year 2006, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, boston, miami ...
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The Women (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: The story centers on a group of gossipy, high-society women who spend their days at the beauty salon and haunting fashion shows. The sweet, happily-wedded Mary Haines finds her marriage in trouble when shop girl Crystal Allen gets her hooks into ...
Style: entertaining, witty, humorous, light, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, teens, teen drama
Plot: infidelity, women, betrayal, divorce, friendship, transformation, fashion, family problems, lesbian, society, fashion show, female friendship ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, connecticut
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10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: Bianca, a tenth grader, has never gone on a date, but she isn't allowed to go out with boys until her older sister Kat gets a boyfriend. The problem is, Kat rubs nearly everyone the wrong way. But Bianca and the guy she has her eye on, Joey, ...
Style: romantic, romantic comedy, teen, rom com, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, kids ...
Plot: high school, teenager, opposites attract, youth, fall in love, couples, teenage life, teen romance, love and romance, initially antagonists, school, enemies to lovers ...
Time: year 1999, y2k, 90s, 20th century
Place: seattle, washington state, washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, France, Germany, Ireland, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Bridget Jones is becoming uncomfortable in her relationship with Mark Darcy. Apart from discovering that he's a conservative voter, she has to deal with a new boss, a strange contractor and the worst vacation of her life.
Style: feel good, humorous, romantic comedy, light, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, teen drama
Plot: love triangle, looking for love, thirtysomething life, happy ending, couples, love story, women, love and romance, love, relationships, wedding, marriage proposal ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: united kingdom, thailand, new york, bangkok thailand, london ...
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Breaking & Exiting (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min.
Story: Harry, a charming house thief, gets more than he bargains for during an attempted burglary when he stumbles upon Daisy and decides to save her from herself, sending both of them into a darkly comedic journey of self discovery and love.
Style: feel good, light, sincere, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: thief, love, male female relationship, love and romance, lifestyle, friendship, happy ending, adaptation, youth, woman urinating, partners in crime, ex boyfriend ...
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Staten Island Summer (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Pals Danny and Frank spend the summer after high school working as lifeguards while figuring out their future.
Style: funny, humorous, light, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: lifeguard, summer, teenager, friendship, coming of age, college, workplace situations, workplace, love and romance, party, beach, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Moxie (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Inspired by her mom's rebellious past and a confident new friend, a shy 16-year-old publishes an anonymous zine calling out sexism at her school.
Style: teen, captivating, light, funny, rom com ...
Audience: teens, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: feminist, teenager, teenage girl, high school life, teenage life, revolution, coming of age, feminism, youth, rebel, rebellious youth, rebelliousness ...
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38%
 5.2
 9K
The Clapper (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: 15 minutes of fame destroys the life of a man who works as a clapper in television.
Style: disturbing, psychological, captivating, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: friendship, love and romance, youth, rivalry, adaptation, society, destiny, ambition, unfulfillment, disorder, couples, redemption ...
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To All the Boys I've Loved Before (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Lara Jean's love life goes from imaginary to out of control when her secret letters to every boy she's ever fallen for are mysteriously mailed out.
Style: romantic, touching, sincere, light, sweet ...
Audience: teens, date night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, pretend relationship, love and romance, first love, love letter, couples, high school student, teen romance, youth, teenage girl, happy ending, sisterhood ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: scotland
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Chicken Girls: The Movie (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min.
Story: With a new principal in town and the Spring Fling in jeopardy, Rhyme and the Chicken Girls must band together to save the dance.
Style: light, entertaining, contemplative, captivating, unusual plot structure ...
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, teenager, escapades, youth, friends, dishonesty, dancing, society, parents and children, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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37%
 6.8
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The First Time (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Dave, a high school senior, spends most of his time pining away over a girl he can’t have. Aubrey, a junior with artistic aspirations, has a hot boyfriend who doesn’t quite understand her or seem to care. Although they go to different schools, ...
Style: romantic, sexy, sincere, touching, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, date night, teen drama
Plot: high school, youth, teenager, love, first love, love and romance, teenage love, first sex, teenage life, virginity, teenage girl, virgin ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 5.4
 695
Couch Potatoes (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Giorgio and Tito, father and son. A successful journalist and a lazy teenager apparently impossible to understand. Giorgio's dream is to take Tito to the Nasca Hill in Liguria, but Tito prefers to spend his entire day with his group of friends, ...
Style: psychological, disturbing, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: father son relationship, teenager, parents and children, friends, teenage life, family relations, friendship, youth, unlikely friendships, society, disorder, happy ending ...
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 6.3
 2K
Newlyweds (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A newlywed couple's honeymoon is upended by the arrivals of their respective sisters.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, independent film ...
Audience: date night
Plot: couple relations, crumbling marriage, love and romance, family relations, couples, city life, siblings relations, friendship, society, wedding, dysfunctional family, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.4
 5K
Landline (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A teenager living with her sister and parents in Manhattan during the 1990s discovers that her father is having an affair.
Style: captivating, entertaining, humorous, feel good, art house
Audience: chick flick
Plot: teenager, infidelity, sister sister relationship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, women, family problems, escapades, family relations, parents and children, life turned upside down, deception ...
Time: 20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Mistress America (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Tracy, a lonely college freshman in New York, is rescued from her solitude by her soon-to-be stepsister Brooke, an adventurous gal about town who entangles her in alluringly mad schemes. MISTRESS AMERICA is a comedy about dream-chasing, ...
Style: independent film, humorous, depressing, melancholic, stylized ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: friendship, coming of age, writers, betrayal, eccentric family, prank, follow your dream, hopes, disorder, family relations, dysfunctional family, female protagonist ...
Time: 90s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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36%
 6.2
 51K
Sydney White (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A modern retelling of Snow White set against students in their freshman year of college in the greek system.
Style: teen, feel good, romantic, cute, romantic comedy ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, family outing, date night ...
Plot: college, sorority, popularity, high school, youth, fall in love, student life, cheerleading, college life, rivalry, society, friendship ...
Time: 2000s, year 2007, 21st century
Place: usa
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How to Be Single (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: New York City is full of lonely hearts seeking the right match, and what Alice, Robin, Lucy, Meg, Tom and David all have in common is the need to learn how to be single in a world filled with ever-evolving definitions of love.
Style: romantic, light, humorous, sexy, funny ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot: singleness, women, breakup, love and romance, couple relations, single, love story, love, multiple storylines, fall in love, life, adaptation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Deidra & Laney Rob a Train (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: After their mother ends up in jail, two sisters turn to train robbery in order to support their family.
Style: disturbing, psychological, tense, humorous, sincere ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: teenager, theft, partner, coming of age, life is a bitch, escapades, friendship, youth, adaptation, love, danger, family relations ...
Place: indiana, idaho
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Unpregnant (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story: A 17-year old Missouri teen named Veronica discovers she has gotten pregnant, a development that threatens to end her dreams of matriculating at an Ivy League college, and the career that could follow.
Style: road movie, sweet, psychological, captivating, touching ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage pregnancy, abortion, coming of age, teenager, road trip, teenage girl, pregnant girl, women, friendship, pregnancy, schoolgirl, moral dilemma ...
Time: 2020s
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Juno (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: A young girl named Juno gets herself pregnant and tries to stand on her own, but soon learns a few lessons about being grown up.
Style: funny, touching, sweet, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, date night, girls' night, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, pregnancy, adoption, teenager, teenage pregnancy, teenage life, high school, love and romance, female protagonist, teenage girl, strong female character, friendship ...
Time: year 2007, 2000s, 21st century
Place: minnesota, usa
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You Wont Miss Me (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a twenty-three year-old alienated urban misfit recently released from a psychiatric hospital.
Style: mumblecore, psychological, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Plot: alienation, misfit, introspection, mentally unstable, social misfits, unfulfillment, friendship, society, self discovery, love and romance, urban, looking for love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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36%
Ping Pong Summer (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: In 1985 a summer vacation in Ocean City, Md., changes the life of a shy white teen who's obsessed with table tennis and hip-hop music.
Style: humorous, realistic, captivating, light, happy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, vacation, rivalry, friends, contests and competitions, youth, friendship, society, summer, game, ping pong, misfit ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1985
Place: usa, maryland
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36%
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10 Years (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: A group of friends reunite ten years after their high-school graduation.
Style: sincere, romantic, sweet, melancholic, light ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, teens
Plot: high school reunion, coming of age, friends, nerd, relationships, unlikely friendships, destiny, love, love story, buddies, teenage sex, avenger ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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Miss Stevens (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: A high school English teacher becomes a weekend chaperone for three students at a drama competition.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, sincere, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: road trip, teacher, coming of age, flirting, dead mother, competition, english teacher, depression, monologue, teacher student relationship, remote control, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
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36%
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Paradise (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: After surviving a plane crash a young conservative woman suffers a crisis of faith.
Style: realistic, cynical, humorous, captivating, psychological ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: self discovery, friendship, coming of age, church, female protagonist, car accident, society, radical, bartender, prostitute, plane crash, conservative ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, las vegas
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
 7.4
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Lady Bird (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: A California high school student plans to escape from her family and small town by going to college in New York.
Style: thought provoking, art house, realistic, semi serious, teen ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, family friendly, teen drama, adult
Plot: coming of age, teenager, high school, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, first love, loss of virginity, prom, friendship, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, teen angst ...
Time: year 2002, year 2017, 2010s, near future, year 2003 ...
Place: sacramento california, california, new york, usa
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36%
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Four best friends (Tibby, Lena, Carmen & Bridget) who buy a mysterious pair of pants that fits each of them, despite their differing sizes, and makes whoever wears them feel fabulous. When faced with the prospect of spending their first ...
Style: romantic, feel good, teen, touching, cute ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot: coming of age, teenage girl, first love, friendship, teenager, summer, female friendship, teenage love, teen romance, group of friends, relationships, love story ...
Time: year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place: greece, south carolina, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Anywhere But Here (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: In this adaptation of the Mona Simpson novel, single mother Adele August is bad with money, and even worse when it comes to making decisions. Her straight-laced daughter, Ann, is a successful high school student with Ivy League aspirations. When ...
Style: touching, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: mother daughter relationship, coming of age, women, mother, teen angst, love, family drama, single mother, teenager, bittersweet, small town, daughter ...
Time: year 1999, 90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place: los angeles, california, beverly hills, usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 379K
50 First Dates (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Henry is a player skilled at seducing women. But when this veterinarian meets Lucy, a girl with a quirky problem when it comes to total recall, he realizes it's possible to fall in love all over again…and again, and again. That's because ...
Style: romantic, feel good, sentimental, romantic comedy, touching ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, teens, girls' night, family friendly
Plot: memory loss, fall in love, love story, amnesia, love and romance, love, memory, relationships, wooing, dating, life philosophy, dream ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: hawaii, usa, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Funeral Kings (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: It's always a good day for a funeral at St. Mark's Middle School. Andy and Charlie, two altar servers, don't just get to miss class anytime a parishioner kicks the bucket, they cut out early and play hooky as soon as the service is ...
Style: humorous, realistic, captivating, psychological, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: coming of age, youth, group of friends, altar boy, profanity, friendship, best friend, teenage boy, sexual content, teenage life, friends, buddies ...
Time: near future, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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