Movies and TV shows like Derry Girls

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Derry Girls (2018)
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Derry Girls (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in the early 1990s, this sitcom features the personal exploits of a 16 year old girl, her family and friends during the Troubles.
Style: light, captivating, atmospheric, sincere, touching, entertaining, funny, feel good, controversial, cult classic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenager, catholic, lesbian, friendship, protestant, coming of age, school, lgbt, high school, youth, feminist, teenage life, humour, society, lgbtq, grownups, lifestyle, social relations, political conflict, political unrest, class conflict, adolescence vs adulthood, serial killer, women, writers ...
Time: 90s, 1990s
Place: northern ireland, ireland
Keyword: feminist film

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Most similar movies to Derry Girls

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, feel good, light and captivating films and TV series with plots about teenager, lifestyle, teenage life, friendship, family relations, teenage girl and youth mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Derry Girls: Everything Sucks! (2018), Sex Education (2019), Some Girls (2012), The Inbetweeners (2008), Never Have I Ever (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Everything Sucks! (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: It's 1996 in a town called Boring, Oregon, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage emotions in the VHS era.
Style: touching, humorous, stylized, cult classic, colorful ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, teenager, relationships, interracial friendship, coming of age, high school, school, misfit, father daughter relationship, parent child relationship, road trip, lesbian ...
Time: 90s, year 1996
Place: oregon
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Sex Education (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 1755 min.
TV show
Story: Inexperienced Otis channels his sex therapist mom when he teams up with rebellious Maeve to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school.
Style: sexy, sex comedy, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: lgbt, gay, lgbt teen, teenage sexuality, sex education, youth, classmate, school, teenage life, sex therapy, teenage sex, couples ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Some Girls (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Some Girls is a British comedy series written by Bernadette Davis that airs on BBC Three. The show stars Adelayo Adedayo, Mandeep Dhillon, Alice Felgate, Natasha Jonas, Dolly Wells, Colin Salmon, Jassa Ahluwalia and Franz Drameh. It debuted on 6 ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, teen drama
Plot: high school, friendship, teenage life, high school life, youth, friendship between girls, social relations, coming of age, teenager, girl gang, education, poverty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Inbetweeners (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, North Korea, Russia, China
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Welcome to a world of futile crushes, sibling brawls, getting drunk too quickly and casting constant aspersions about your friends' sexuality.
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, semi serious, black comedy ...
Audience: teens
Plot: looking for sex, sexual humor, teenage life, clumsiness, high school, youth, friendship, innocence lost, bully, popularity, lifestyle, socially awkward ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, united kingdom, europe, london, britain
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Never Have I Ever (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.
Style: funny, light, humorous, sweet, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: popularity, school, teenage girl, friendship, social misfits, coming of age, girl, teenage protagonist, teenager, family relations, teenage life, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: Follow four college roommates as they arrive at New England’s prestigious Essex College. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their new, free lives on campus.
Style: sexual, feel good, semi serious, humorous, sex comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: college, sexual desire, young girl, teenage girl, female nudity, first sexual experience, teenager, college roommate, grownups, teenage sexuality, lesbian, roommate ...
Time: 2020s, 21st century
Place: vermont, new england
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, mumblecore, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: child, family relations, middle school, marriage, immigrant, restaurant, family life, parents and children, youth, society, culture clash, kids and family ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2010s
Place: usa, florida, taiwan, orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Life Sucks (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In the year 2001, three lovable outcasts constantly humiliate themselves while barely making it through the most awkward phase of their lives: Middle School.
Style: entertaining, light, humorous, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: middle school, coming of age, puberty, teenage life, teenager, group of friends, society, lifestyle, social relations, escapades, friends, humour ...
Time: year 2001
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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The Most Beautiful Flower (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Curvy, curly, confident Mich knows she's fabulous. Now she just has to convince everyone else at her Xochimilco high school to believe it too.
Style: entertaining, funny, humorous, feel good, captivating ...
Plot: high school, teenage girl, teenager, adolescence, school, school class, teenage life, schoolgirl, humour, girl, overalls
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42%
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Suburgatory (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more wholesome and nurturing ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: teenage life, suburban life, neighbor neighbor relationship, suburbs, family relations, youth, parents and children, everyday life, teenager, single parent, social relations, fish out of water ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
 7.4
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Reboot (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When Hulu reboots an early 2000s family sitcom, its dysfunctional cast is forced back together and now must deal with their unresolved issues in today’s fast-changing world.
Style: sitcom, funny, entertaining, captivating, humorous ...
Plot: satire, actor, actress, lesbian, lgbt, society, humour, lifestyle, relationships, entertainment industry, bisexual, father daughter relationship ...
Time: 2000s
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
La familia P. Luche (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Mexico
TV show
Story: A family that deals with the conflicts and problems of daily life but in a comical and exaggerated way with the particularity that they live in a city that is built entirely of stuffed animals and with all the stuffed accessories.
Style: light, entertaining, humorous, funny, visually appealing ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: family relations, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, teenager, teenage girl, imaginary, fantasy world, friends, friendship, lifestyle, teenage boy, parents and children ...
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42%
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Astrid Clover (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: With no job and no plan for her future, other than to post videos and drink lattes, teen vlogger Astrid Clover and her clueless millennial friends report on news that's so underground you'll need a shovel.
Style: funny, entertaining, captivating, light
Plot: teenage life, youth, teenage boy, teenage protagonist, teenager, drink
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
What I Like About You (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Valerie Tyler is a 28-year-old organization freak who loves her 16-year-old sister Holly. Even if Holly is rambunctious. Spontaneous. Impulsive. Disconcerting. And definitely disorganized. Then Holly moves in with Val, and the sisters discover they ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, witty, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot: family relations, looking for love, roommate, sibling relationship, love and romance, youth, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, first love, teenage life, sister sister relationship, couples ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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41%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: After a life-changing experience, 13-year-old Ella is eager to seize the day. As she learns to appreciate each moment, she faces the fears that once defined her—and encourages others to do the same.
Style: light, funny, captivating, feel good, sincere ...
Plot: teenage girl, friend, teenager, teenage life, lifestyle change, life & death, chemotherapy, friends, friendship, life, teenage boy, teenage daughter ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Warren Thompson just wants an easy life, but thanks to his naturally difficult personality, he’s constantly finding himself in sticky situations.
Style: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, light ...
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I'm Sorry (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Andrea is a seemingly confident comedy writer, wife and mom, who comically exposes her inner immaturity and neuroses through unexpected life situations.
Style: ironic, light, feel good, cynical, entertaining ...
Plot: sexual humor, writers, society, irony, family relations, husband wife relationship, satire, lifestyle, humour, social satire, life philosophy, friendship ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 8.0
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Motherland (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.
Style: funny, sitcom, entertaining, not serious, feel good ...
Plot: children, family life, mother, parents, working mom, fatherhood, parenthood, husband wife relationship, kids and family, family relations, women, problem solving ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Chewing Gum (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The life of Tracey, a religious, Beyoncé-obsessed 22-year-old living in an estate in Tower Hamlets, and the mishaps of her neighbourhood, friends and family. Oh, and obvs her boyfriend!
Style: sitcom, light, funny, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: friendship, black, strong female lead, best friend, relationships, lifestyle, male female relationship, couple relations, friends, humour, neighbor, family relations ...
Place: indiana
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40%
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Atypical (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sam, an 18-year-old on the autism spectrum, takes a funny, yet painful, journey of self-discovery for love and independence and upends his family.
Style: light, sincere, humorous, hilarious, teen ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: autism, coming of age, teenager, lesbian relationship, lesbian, social problems, high school, teenage protagonist, penguins, asperger's syndrome, family relations, lgbt ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Harlem (2021)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion ...
Style: feel good, funny, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, rise to the top, best friend, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, lgbtq, follow your dream, female protagonist, relationships, friends, grownups, love affair, ambition ...
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I Am Not Okay with This (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sydney is a teenage girl navigating the trials and tribulations of high school while dealing with the complexities of her family, her budding sexuality, and mysterious superpowers just beginning to awaken deep within her.
Style: feel good, captivating, light, humorous, existential ...
Audience: teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot: female protagonist, adolescence, youth, teenager, friendship, telekinesis, high school, love, lgbt teen, small town, teenage protagonist, lgbt ...
Time: future
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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This Country (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: The lives of cousins Kerry and Kurtan in the rural village of Cotswolds.
Style: sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, light, feel good ...
Plot: rural setting, small town, brother sister relationship, grownups, friendship, countryside, society, identity crisis, adolescence, nature, youth, aspiration ...
Place: britain, england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Bad Education (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford Hertfordshire.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: workplace, teachers and students, school, teacher, classmate, workplace situations, social relations, youth, young at heart, undisciplined, goodhearted, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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 ⇓
40%
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: family relations, african american, youth, teenager, black, culture clash, fish out of water, hip hop, misfit, eccentric family, siblings relations, verbal byplay ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Ms. Sweet (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The main character Vera is a young housewife. For the past 15 years, she has been living with her husband, raising their daughter and coping with all everyday difficulties with ease and positive. She also enjoys baking, which inspires her to create ...
Style: humorous, funny, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: businesswoman, candy store, female protagonist, housewife, humour, coping, problem solving, teenager, lifestyle, mother daughter relationship, business, family life ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.8
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Life of Riley (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One and BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couple's four ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, funny ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, family life, family problems, couples, couple relations, husband wife relationship, marriage, children, baby, newlyweds ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Ja'mie: Private School Girl (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Ja'mie: Private School Girl is an Australian television mockumentary series written by and starring Chris Lilley. Continuing the mockumentary style of his previous series, the show follows Ja'mie King, who previously appeared in We Can Be ...
Style: captivating, parody, humorous, sitcom, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage girl, high school, high school life, popularity, youth, silly humor, social media, social relations, teenage life, love interest, satire, preparatory school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Beautiful People (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good, touching ...
Plot: gay, suburbs, friends, best friend, working class, family relations, youth, follow your dream, lifestyle, suburban life, parents and children, teenage life ...
Time: 90s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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