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In Your Wildest Dreams (1991)
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
High school senior Mark's wildest dreams come true when he makes a simulated stock purchase that accidentally turns him into a millionaire overnight. But when he discovers that the money belongs to his girlfriend's dad, who needs the funds to save his electronics company, will Mark admit to the snafu? Or will he keep the money and pursue his dreams of wealth, even if it destroys those he cares about?
Style:
teen, tension, romantic drama, comedy drama, feel good, independent film, nostalgic
Audience:
teens
Plot:
high school, insider trading, ethical dilemma, stock market, coming of age, guilt, teen romance, young adult, father daughter relationship, family conflict, betrayal, families, small town, teenager, robot, artificial intelligence, computer, family relations, stock broker, decision, dilemma, family
Time:
90s, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, realistic, teen and humorous films with plots about coming of age, teenager, family relations, youth, small town, high school and teenage life mostly in Drama, Family and Comedy genres. Some movies like In Your Wildest Dreams: Class Rank (2017), Saving Sloane (2021), Necessary Parties (1988), Quints (2000), American Girl: Corinne Tan (2023). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Two high school misfits join forces in an attempt to overtake the local school board. Guided by their families, they enter the perilous word of politics and, in the process, learn a thing or two about love.
Style:
light, humorous, entertaining, feel good, teen ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
teenager, coming of age, school, teenage girl, teenage boy, love, friend, motivation, family relations, politics, mother daughter relationship, high school ...
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
After spoiled city girl Sloane Emerson gets in trouble yet again, her wealthy parents send her off to the country. There, the rebellious teen ends up forming a bond with the last thing in the world she would've thought - a horse.
Style:
feel good, captivating, light, touching, exciting ...
Audience:
kids, teen drama
Plot:
faith, teenage girl, horse, girl, teenager, adolescence, teenage daughter, teenage protagonist, teenage life, rebel, rebelliousness, teen rebel ...
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93%
Genre: Family, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Fourteen-year-old Chris Mills goes to court to prevent his parents from ending their marriage.
Style:
emotional, teen, heartfelt, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot:
divorce, family conflict, family drama, lawyer, mechanic, father son relationship, family values, coming of age, custody battle, reconciliation, small town, underdog ...
Time:
80s
Similarity:
91%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Jamie Grover (Kimberly J. Brown) is an only child who has always wanted out from the constant attention her parents give her. Her wish is finally granted when she finds out her mother is pregnant, but when she turns out to have quints, Jamie's ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, humorous, realistic
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
baby, family relations, life turned upside down, family life, child as adult, parents and children, siblings relations, teenage life, youth, mother daughter relationship, teenager, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
85%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
13-year-old Corrine deals with her parents' recent divorce while everyone else is already adapted to their new roles as a blended family, challenging herself to train a rambunctious puppy as she discovers her new purpose.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, emotional, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, teenage girl, parents, teenager, coming of age, divorce, family drama, family relations, divorced parents, kids and family, adolescence, teenage life ...
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
When a teenager receives a mysterious letter in the mail, she sets out to find the author. It's a journey that will change her life forever.
Style:
touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic, inspirational ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, chick flick
Plot:
honesty, teenage life, youth, friendship, family relations, parents and children, rebelliousness, religions or cults, aging, father daughter relationship, christian, faith ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
70%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Kristin (Danica McKellar), daughter of upper middle class parents, can hardly stand the immense pressure to fulfill her mother's (Dee Wallace Stone) dream of success in sports and high school. In this tense situation she gets emotional support ...
Style:
suspense, crime drama
Audience:
adult
Plot:
exploitation, deception, female protagonist, secrets, mother daughter conflict, emotional manipulation, domestic drama, manipulation, victimization, pregnant teenager, betrayal, high school ...
Time:
90s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
69%
695
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:
feel good, captivating, entertaining, light, teen ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
friendship, swimming, teenage life, school, youth, rivalry, contests and competitions, bullying, gay subtext, couples, homosexual subtext, coming of age ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
68%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Despite different backgrounds and disapproving parents, a working-class teen falls in love with the wealthy son of a prominent family in a small West Texas town.
Style:
realistic, sincere, serious, touching, romantic drama ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
high school, high school romance, childhood friend, domineering father, love, father son relationship, prom, basketball, small town, teenager, working class, young love ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
68%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Elle wants to be a singer/songwriter, but her dreams are cut short by the sudden death of her parents. She moves in with her adoptive uncle, who runs a small independent record label whose biggest act, Sensation, is also Elle's biggest pain.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
teenage love, cinderella, cinderella story, musician's life, fall in love, youth, love and romance, follow your dream, teenage life, family relations, artists and showbiz, ambition ...
Place:
usa
Similarity:
65%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Brazil
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
The countryside of Rio Grande do Sul, and high-school student, Daniel, spends a normal adolescence life with his family, studying, riding his bicycle, playing games on the Internet and expecting one day to move to the big city of Porto Alegre. ...
Style:
melancholic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, family drama, teenager, friendship, high school, adolescence, grownups, small town, betrayal, guilt, countryside, absent father ...
Place:
brazil
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Pass the Light tells the story of Steve Bellafiore, an 17 year old high school senior who decides to run for Congress in order to protect the faith that he so loves.
Style:
serious, realistic, feel good, christian film, uplifting
Audience:
teens
Plot:
idealism, teenage life, rivalry, against the odds, campaign, youth, parents and children, society, high school, college, teenage girl, coming of age ...
Time:
20th century, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Inheriting a family resort in Hawaii, the Wyatts find it in such a run-down condition that they decide to sell it after trying to fix it up. Amidst confusing goings-on among the triplet teenage girls and the boys they meet, Jeffrey meets an old high ...
Style:
family comedy, tropical, lighthearted, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, kids, adult
Plot:
twins, families, beach resort, rivalry, fatherhood, teen romance, family reunited, fish out of water, coming of age, mistaken identity, sister sister relationship, family relations ...
Time:
80s
Place:
hawaii
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
A little boy growing up on a farm in rural Louisiana in the 1930s wishes for a White Christmas and must do a selfless act in the spirit of giving in order to get his wish.
Style:
feel good, sentimental, period piece, independent film
Plot:
christmas, heartwarming, family values, child protagonist, generosity, selflessness, families, small town, wish fulfillment, children, family drama, village life ...
Time:
1930s
Place:
louisiana
Similarity:
57%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Following his parents' tragic death, 24-year-old Charlie Salinger is back at home – and in over his head – as his siblings' legal guardian. Together, Charlie, 16-year-old Bailey, 15-year-old Julia and 11-year-old Claudia share the ...
Style:
realistic, touching, serious, sentimental, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
orphan, coming of age, siblings relations, child care, adolescence vs adulthood, family life, dealing with death, love and romance, teenager, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, couples ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
san francisco, california, usa
Similarity:
55%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Spoiled 18-yr-old Dani Fielding's world is turned upside down when her father gets arrested for securities fraud, and she has to leave her upscale life in the city to stay with her gruff Uncle Sam out in the country. As Dani and her uncle ...
Style:
touching, realistic, captivating, thought provoking, light ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
horse, farm, family relations, youth, friends, life turned upside down, coming of age, orphan, girl horse relationship, self discovery, friendship, couples ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The curiously named, Moondance Alexander is a spirited teen living with her eccentric mother. She is faced with another uneventful summer until she discovers a lost pinto pony named Checkers who has jumped out of his paddock. Although Moondance ...
Style:
realistic, serious, feel good, sincere
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
horse, horse riding, girl horse relationship, hopes, friendship, follow your dream, ambition, young heroes, human spirit, obsessive quest, against the odds, athlete and trainer ...
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
On this particular Friday morning the students of Eastbrook High are arriving at school to complete their final exams before the Christmas Holiday. But what began as a December snowfall quickly becomes a threatening winter storm, and school is ...
Style:
teen, thrilling, captivating, psychological, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
school, friendship, survival, christmas, high school, coming of age, snow, friends, problem, blizzard, student, young adult ...
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When an evil dictator threatens to take over the kingdom, Princess Rosalinda gets put into the Princess Protection Program. She is taken under the wing of General Joe Mason, an agent from the agency, and his daughter, Carter, who works after school ...
Style:
feel good, teen, humorous, romantic, semi serious ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, family outing, teens ...
Plot:
teenager, high school, princess, friendship, youth, teenage life, best friend, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, friends, school, royal family ...
Place:
louisiana, canada, california
Similarity:
49%
199
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
A true story of a teenage love triangle leading to one of the two boys' tragic death - told through the lens of elite youth baseball.
Style:
heartbreaking, captivating, thrilling, psychological, tense ...
Audience:
family outing, teen drama
Plot:
baseball, high school, bullying, loss of innocence, love triangle, coming of age, teenage angst, first love, grief, baseball player, athlete and trainer, teenage life ...
Place:
columbus ohio
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story:
Dan Burgess is a Christian. Dan Burgess thinks he's not impacting anyone for the LORD. Dan Burgess thinks he's missing out on "all the fun". Dan Burgess wants out of the Christian life. Then... one day... Dan Burgess is forced to ...
Style:
christian film
Plot:
christian, faith, evangelical christianity, preaching, religious conversion, teen romance, bible, teenage angst, public school, coming of age, adolescence, christian teen ...
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A girl seeks help and guidance from a robot monster to cope with the bullies at school and her father's new girlfriend.
Style:
independent film, dark comedy, teen, psychotronic, whimsical
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
bullying, school, robot, bully, family drama, coming of age, revenge, friendship, family conflict, outcast, empowerment, adolescence ...
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
On its last leg homeward, from Pearl Harbour (Hawaii) to San Diego, the USS Constellation hosts a jolly 'tiger cruise' for USNavy, Marines and USNAF relatives, mainly minors ('Navy brats'). Attitudes and emotions vary from simple ...
Style:
sad
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, father figure, 9/11, war on terror, terrorism, aviation, occupation, teenager, us military, navy, ship, career ...
Time:
september 11 2001
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Chile
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Anita, a 15 year old teen fells in love with the new neighbor who happens to be twice her age, they romance is stopped by the parents of the girl, the man tells her to hid in a Dovecote until he comes back and they could escape together.
Style:
romantic drama, controversial, tension, suspense, period drama
Plot:
forbidden love, female protagonist, teen romance, coming of age, adolescence, family conflict, loss of innocence, young love, hiding, first love, moral dilemma, taboo ...
Time:
90s, year 1962
Place:
santiago chile, chile
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A teen movie star attempts to overcome her addition to alcohol and salvage what's left of her career after passing out on the red carpet at her big Hollywood premiere and being sent to recover with her upbeat aunt in Indiana. Morgan Carter (Jo ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, teen, feel good, light ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
starlet, rehabilitation, fame, love and romance, teenage life, actor's life, small town life, showbiz, teenager, famous, paparazzi, lifestyle ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
indiana, usa
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
An aspiring television journalist comes to a crossroads when he is forced to choose between the love of his life or the love of his father and his career. SINSITIVITY is the story of Trent, a preachers son who falls hard and madly in love with ...
Style:
emotional, tension, intense, sensual, independent film
Plot:
exotic dancer, parent child relationship, moral dilemma, family conflict, religion, sacrifice, secret past, temptation, forbidden love, scandal, love triangle, guilt ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Julie, a lonely fourteen year old girl, moves to Manzanita, an Oregon seaside town, from Los Angeles after her writer father, Robert, loses his job. Her family, including mother Kathryn and older sister Susan, has trouble adjusting to life in a ...
Style:
entertaining, captivating, feel good, light, serious ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
treasure hunt, treasure, family relations, ancient mystery, adventurer, small town, haunted by the past, family life, youth, danger, coming of age, young heroes ...
Place:
oregon, usa
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The poignant, coming of age story about a group of eleven year old girls in their final summer before middle school.
Style:
uplifting, feel good, touching, sincere, light ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night
Plot:
youth, friendship, parents and children, best friend, teenage life, follow your dream, family life, family relations, summer vacation, child, coming of age, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
At 104 pounds dripping wet, baby-faced sophomore Michael Peck (age 15) is not exactly the coolest guy at American High. Peck’s teachers make him feel like an idiot, his classmates make him feel like a geek and his home life is just as bad, with ...
Style:
semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous, independent film
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
high school, friendship, parents and children, high school life, teenage love, love and romance, ambition, lifestyle, youth, disorder, family relations, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
After a near fatal car accident, a popular high school student loses her memory and gets a second chance at a more meaningful life.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, inspirational, feel good
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
memory loss, amnesia, female protagonist, second chance, high school, car accident, self discovery, changing lives, lifestyle change, teenage life, teenage girl, memory lapse ...
Similarity:
37%
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