Movies like Jessica Darling's It List

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Jessica Darling's It List (2016)
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Jessica Darling's It List (2016)
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: middle school, popular girl, teenage girl, 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, teenage life, friendship, family relations, teenager and school mostly in Family, Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Jessica Darling's It List: Dear Dumb Diary (2013), Go! The Unforgettable Party (2019), Legally Blondes (2009), Karla & Jonas (2010), Flicka 2 (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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100 Things to Do Before High School (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: With real life and teen drama awaiting her after 8th grade graduation, CJ Parker has only a short time left to make the most of her middle school years. Together with her two lifelong best friends Fenwick and Crispo, she is determined to get the ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: friends, friendship, teachers and students, youth, school, coming of age, social relations, middle school, high school friend, best friend, power relations, live action
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
Dear Dumb Diary (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Based on the best selling series "Dear Dumb Diary" by Jim Benton. Follow Jamie Kelly as she navigates Mackeral Middle School with the help of her best friend Isabella, her nemesis Angeline and the boy of her dreams Hudson.
Style: feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: middle school, youth, diary, popular girl, child, high school, female protagonist, love and romance, school, teenage life, teenage girl, close up of eye ...
Time: 21st century
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75%
Go! The Unforgettable Party (2019)
Genre: Family
Country: Argentina
Duration: 60 min.
Story: Mia is happy to be able to spend a vacation with her dad, but Lupe, Mercedes, Juanma and Alvaro arrive by surprise at the same resort ... and bring the school drama with them!
Style: feel good, sincere, realistic, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night, family outing
Plot: family vacation, best friend, teenager, youth, female protagonist, parents and children, teenage girl, music, friendship, vacation, high school life, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Legally Blondes (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Moving from England to California, the youngest cousins of Elle Woods must defend themselves when their schools reigning forces turn on the girls and try to frame them for a crime.
Style: humorous, feel good, not serious, teen, realistic ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: twins, fish out of water, fashion, youth, coming of age, high school, teenage girl, college, occupation, blonde girl, snobbism, social relations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Karla & Jonas (2010)
Genre: Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Karla met Jonas during a summer vacation at the lake. After being unable to stop thinking about him and their kiss she phones him, making up a school assignment about children living in an orphanage, which is precisely where Jonas lives.
Style: feel good, sentimental, light, sincere, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: coming of age, friendship, teenage love, youth, teenage life, family relations, orphan, on the road, child romance, child, friends, life is a bitch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Isabelle Dances Into the Spotlight (2014)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Isabelle is an inspired dancer, but when her sister and a classmate make her doubt herself, she's motivated by a ballerina to find her own way to shine. Stars Erin Pitt & Grace Davidson.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good, realistic
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: ballet, american girl, follow your dream, dancer's life, friendship, dance school, youth, family relations, child, dancing, artists and showbiz, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A quiet teenage artist Rafe Katchadorian has a wild imagination and is sick of middle school and the rules that have been put before him. Rafe and his best friend Leo have come up with a plan: break every rule in the school hand book and as you ...
Style: entertaining, light, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, family friendly
Plot: middle school, child protagonist, humour, school, children, rules, teenager, best friend, dream, child, against the rules, talent ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide is an American live action sitcom on Nickelodeon that debuted in the Nickelodeon Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12, 2004. The series' actual pilot episode aired on September 7, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: school, teenager, friendship, high school life, teenage life, survival, teaching the ways of the world, friends, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, buddies, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Flicka 2 (2010)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Carrie is a big-city teenager whose life is turned upside down when she moves to a horse ranch in Wyoming to live with her father. But everything changes when Carrie meets Flicka, a wild, jet-black mustang who's just as free-spirited and ...
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night, family friendly, pre-teens, kids
Plot: horse, ranch, girl horse relationship, horse ranch, teenager, wild horse, horse riding, human animal relationship, coming of age, countryside, danger, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa, pittsburgh
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada, Japan
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Back in middle school after summer vacation, Greg Heffley and his older brother Rodrick must deal with their parents' misguided attempts to have them bond.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot: family life, sibling rivalry, family relations, high school life, teenage life, social misfits, siblings relations, parents and children, friends, child, middle school, diary ...
Time: 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Monkey in the Middle (2014)
Genre: Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 83 min.
Story: Chris has just moved to the East Coast, and already his workaholic father is encouraging him to make new friends. Luckily football (soccer) practice is starting up, and Chris meets a few kids on the team-including his cute neighbor Mara. When Mara ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, feel good
Audience: family outing, pre-teens
Plot: youth, mischievous children, friendship, family relations, disorder, single parent, friends, coming of age, animal life
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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How to Be Indie (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: How to Be Indie was a Canadian television show on YTV. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: teenage life, family relations, school, youth, lifestyle, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, social relations, friendship, rivalry, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Wonder (2017)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Canada
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The story of August Pullman – a boy with facial differences – who enters fifth grade, attending a mainstream elementary school for the first time.
Style: inspirational, uplifting, touching, sincere, thought provoking ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly
Plot: bullying, child, school, middle school, friendship, happy ending, father son relationship, deformity, family relations, fight, hospital, science teacher ...
Time: 2010s, year 2017, 21st century
Place: coney island brooklyn new york city, new york, manhattan new york city, pennsylvania
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Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life (2011)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Jeremy Fink and his best friend Lizzy must search high and low throughout the streets of Manhattan for clues to unlock the mysterious box he received a month before his birthday.
Style: humorous, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: youth, teenage life, obsessive quest, escapades, riddles and clues, friends, best friend, cause and meaning, lifestyle, secret, family life, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Fergus McPhail (2004)
Genre: Family
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Fergus McPhail is an Australian children's comedy series that was released on Network Ten in 2004.
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, captivating, offbeat ...
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Plot: optimism, teenage love, teenage life, eccentric family, friendship, high school, family relations, family life, moral dilemma, parents and children, love and romance, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia
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Genre: Family
Country: Netherlands, Belgium
Duration: 90 min.
Story: In the sequel to "Winky's Horse", 8-year old Winky looks after the horse of St Nicholas. Then one day the horse runs away.
Style: feel good, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: horse, friendship, escapades, family life, family relations, school, disorder, youth, hopes, sinterklaas, save the day, wooing ...
Time: 21st century
Place: holland, europe, netherlands
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Naturally, Sadie (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Naturally, Sadie is a Canadian comedy teen drama sitcom that ran for three seasons from June 24, 2005 to August 26, 2007. It was produced in Canada, set in Whitby, Ontario. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, most of the show was shot inside a former ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot: family relations, high school life, animal life, siblings relations, parents and children, teachers and students, high school, nature, teenager, friendship, best friend, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
A Lesson in Romance (2014)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Story: A successful career Mom gets a case of empty nest syndrome when her children go off to college, and her husband decides to join them and follow his own dreams. Fearing she might be losing her family for good, she enrolls determined to save her ...
Style: light, sincere, entertaining, feel good, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: parents and children, family relations, adaptation, husband wife relationship, happy ending, escapades, society, youth, friendship
⇓ similarity ⇓
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The Worst Witch (2017)
Genre: Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Join Mildred Hubble in CBBC's adaptation of The Worst Witch books, written by Jill Murphy.
Style: entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teen fantasy
Plot: witch, friendship, witchcraft, magic, bully, teenage witch, teenager, wizards and magicians, magical power, female friendship, girl, teenage girl ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
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Max Embarrassing (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Max is hitting puberty, and foxy Ofelia from class has touched his heart. He now plans to spend Christmas break with her or, at the very least, New Year's Eve. Watching her little boy grow up, his mother Agnete doesn't know what leg to ...
Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, parody ...
Audience: family outing, kids, teens
Plot: friendship, coming of age, family relations, parents and children, teenage love, teenage life, new year, youth, high school life, working class, parent child relationship, high school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark
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Girl Meets World (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The adventures of relatable and adventurous Riley Matthews, the tween daughter of Cory and Topanga Matthews, and her bold best friend Maya as they traverse the twists and turns of teenage years at Manhattan's John Quincy Adams Middle School ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, realistic, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, teen drama
Plot: teenage girl, youth, parents and children, teachers and students, supportive parent, family values, teenage life, self discovery, teenager, middle school, school, female protagonist ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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When in Rome (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Teenage sisters Charli and Lola are on the verge of an experience beyond their wildest dreams! Pack your bags and jet off to Rome as the girls start their summer internship working for the legendary Derek Hanson - the totally cool international ...
Style: humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, family outing, teen drama
Plot: twins, teenage love, teenager, fashion, disorder, family relations, love and romance, society, youth, teenage life, showbiz, fish out of water ...
Place: rome italy, italy, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Contest (2013)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Bullied high school student Tommy is suddenly befriended by his chief tormentor, Matt, the school's most popular student and star athlete. Tommy is suspicious, but is forced to accept the awkward friendship in order to enter a cooking contest ...
Style: captivating, feel good, entertaining, light, teen ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: friendship, swimming, school, teenage life, youth, contests and competitions, rivalry, bullying, couples, coming of age, high school, homosexual subtext ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Mr. Troop Mom (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Public Defender Eddie is a widower with a 13 year-old daughter, Naomi. A classic workaholic, Eddie has been M.I.A. for most of Naomi's big moments. But when an unfortunately timed accident gives Eddie the opportunity to become the "Team ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic, touching
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, pre-teens, kids
Plot: youth, parents and children, treasure hunt, family life, camp, siblings relations, friends, family relations, woods, obstacle course, climbing, embarrassment ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Lego Friends: The Next Chapter: New Beginnings (2023)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
Story: While trying to survive the chaos of the first day of school, new friends get to know each other through baking for the Welcome to School Festival.
Style: funny, entertaining, satirical, feel good, semi serious ...
Plot: lego, friends, teenage protagonist, schoolgirl, lifestyle, satire, schoolboy, teenager, school, teenage life, high school life, friendship ...
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Harriet the Spy: Blog Wars (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Young spy Harriet Welsch crosses paths with popular student Marion Hawthorne as the two girls vie to become the official blogger of their high school class.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, spy comedy, feel good ...
Audience: teens, family outing, girls' night
Plot: school, blogger, movie star, rise to the top, disorder, youth, teenage life, ambition, fish out of water, uninhibited rivalry, couples, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
No Limit Kids: Much Ado About Middle School (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Comedy - Bill Cobbs, Lee Meriwether, Blake Michael
Style: feel good, captivating, humorous, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: friendship, school, save the day, youth, friends, theater, reconciliation, self esteem, society, rivalry, young heroes, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Flicka: Country Pride (2012)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Flicka and Toby help out a struggling stable owner and her teenage daughter.
Style: feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, light ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, family friendly, kids
Plot: horse, teenage love, jealousy, youth, friends, save the day, contests and competitions, ambition, teenage life, parents and children, money raising, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: wyoming, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Lift Me Up (2015)
Genre: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A young lady, who recently lost her mother, faces the challenges of high school and her very strict step-father. Through personal growth, and an amazing dedication to dance, she learns to find the peace and happiness of family.
Style: psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience: family outing, adult
Plot: dancing, teenage life, dancer, dancer's life, parents and children, social problems, family relations, teenager, dysfunctional family, lifestyle, teenage girl, dancehall girl ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Sleepover (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: As their first year of high school looms ahead, best friends Julie, Hannah, Yancy and Farrah have one last summer sleepover. Little do they know they're about to embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Desperate to shed their nerdy status, they ...
Style: teen, funny, entertaining, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, kids, chick flick, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, youth, teenage girl, teenage life, friendship between girls, slumber party, high school life, popular girl, love and romance, teenage love, teachers and students ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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