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Jessica Darling's It List (2016)
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Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min.
Story:
Jessica Darling – a smart, witty, opinionated girl heading into 7th grade – was never too concerned about where she'd fit in the middle school hierarchy. But before her first day of school, her older sister — the super popular Bethany, now in college—decides to help out by giving her the “It List”—a cheat sheet on how to navigate the middle school maze and rise to the top of the popularity chain. The instructions appear simple enough to follow, but, like life, nothing is as easy as it seems.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, light, feel good, humorous
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
girl, middle school, popular girl, teenage girl, cheerleading, sister sister relationship, teenager, female protagonist, friendship, school, friends, teenage life, social relations, youth, family relations, parents and children, education, high school life, child, young girl, older sister, gymnastics, family, female director
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, realistic and semi serious films with plots about youth, friends, friendship, teenage life, family, family relations and teenager mostly in Family, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Jessica Darling's It List: Go! The Unforgettable Party (2019), Dear Dumb Diary (2013), Fergus McPhail (2004), Karla & Jonas (2010), Girl Meets World (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 84 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Duration: 100 min.
Story:
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Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, sentimental, realistic
Audience:
pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Duration: 99 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Similarity:
78%
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Style:
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Plot:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Story:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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TV show
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Style:
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Story:
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Story:
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Style:
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