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Pin Cushion (2017)
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Super close mother Lyn and daughter Iona (Dafty One and Dafty Two) are excited for their new life in a new town. Determined to make a success of things after a tricky start, Iona becomes 'best friends' with Keely, Stacey and Chelsea. Used to being Iona's bestie herself, Lyn feels left out. So Lyn also makes friends with Belinda, her neighbour.
Style:
melancholic, psychological, captivating, suspense, gothic, social, stylized
Plot:
teenage girl, female sexuality, bullying, first love, desperation, peer pressure, misfit, single mother, teenage protagonist, sexual awakening, masturbation, female masturbation, redhead girl, teenager, women, education, disability, coming of age, mother daughter relationship, hunchback, dream world, psychic, suicide, tragedy, mother love ...
Place:
england
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, psychological, disturbing and suspense films with plots about teenager, coming of age, teenage girl, female protagonist, teenage life, mother daughter relationship and high school mostly in Drama genres. Some movies like Pin Cushion: My Brother Tom (2001), Before the Rooster Crows (2016), How to Have Sex (2023), A Girl Like Grace (2015), A Girl Like Her (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, Jessica, befriends a teenage boy called Tom, who is bullied by a local gang. She is abused by Jack, who is both her neighbour and school teacher, and Tom is sexually abused by his father. Together they bond in the woods, creating a ...
Style:
psychological, rough, sincere, emotional, captivating ...
Plot:
woods, male nudity, friendship, teenage boy, rebellion, life is a bitch, social misfits, rebelliousness, youth, friends, escape from reality, male pubic hair ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama
Country: Puerto Rico
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Teenager Carmín lives in a mountainous village in the center of Puerto Rico with her tough and conservative grandmother. Her mother left for the US without her. The arrival of her father, after long years in prison, eases Carmín’s profound ...
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, psychological
Plot:
coming of age, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, family problems, dysfunctional family, forbidden love, living with parents, relationship problems, divorced parents, family relations, tragic love, parenthood ...
Place:
puerto rico
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, Greece, France, Belgium
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Three British teenage girls go on a rites-of-passage holiday—drinking, clubbing and hooking up, in what should be the best summer of their lives.
Style:
captivating, thrilling, psychological, erotic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, partying, hedonism, summer, coming of age, female protagonist, clubbing, loss of virginity, problem, grownups, teenager, drinking alcohol ...
Place:
crete
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Raised by a single mother, a bullied 17 year-old girl seeks guidance from her best friend and the girl's older sister.
Style:
captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, lesbian, mother daughter relationship, female protagonist, lgbtq, bullying, social problems, single parent, single mother, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, friends ...
Place:
indiana
Similarity:
52%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Sophomore year has been a nightmare for Jessica Burns. Relentlessly harassed by her former friend Avery Keller, Jessica doesn't know what she did to deserve the abuse from one of South Brookdale High's most popular and beautiful students. ...
Style:
realistic, serious, teen, rough, tense ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, chick flick, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, bullying, found footage, high school, popular girl, female bully, mean girl, high school life, kids in trouble, teenage life, suicide, humiliation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Dawn isn't like other kids her age full of typical teenage angst about boys, school and parents. Her pain goes far deeper, and to deal with her emotional overload she physically cuts herself. The problem of adolescent girls committing ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, teen, neurotic ...
Plot:
mental illness, self harm, teenage girl, self mutilation, mother daughter relationship, bullying, therapist, physical abuse, female friendship, depression, father daughter relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
School girl Miyuri Obara is bullied mercilessly but finds relief in an unexpected friendship with Tsumugi. Yet even as Miyuri's life turns around there's a lingering suggestion that something is not quite right.
Style:
psychological, teen, suspense, disturbing, captivating ...
Plot:
bullying, girl, school, loneliness, outcast, friendship, female friendship, japanese school, friendship between girls, relationships, social problems, relationship problems ...
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A teenage girl, distraught from her vain attempt to connect with her estranged mother, resorts to cutting herself. When she develops an online relationship with an older woman, she learns to accept her sexuality and the endless solitude of sprawling ...
Style:
touching, serious, erotic, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lesbian, losing-it hero, hopes, coming of age, teenage girl, female sexuality, lesbian interest, solitude, introspection, teenage life, family problems, teenage love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Tracy is a normal 13-year-old trying to make it in school. After befriending the most popular girl at school, Evie, Tracy's world is turned upside down when Evie introduces her to a world of sex, drugs and cash. But it isn't long before ...
Style:
tense, sincere, emotional, teen, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, girls' night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, adolescence, friendship, drug addiction, addiction, peer pressure, teenage protagonist, dysfunctional family, underage drinking, teenage girl, teenager, self harm ...
Time:
year 2003, 20th century, y2k, near future, 2000s ...
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, venice beach california
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: Sweden, Finland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
The year is 1984. It's summer, and the rebellious 12-year-old girl Kid wants to stay in Gothenburg, but her mother has other plans. Kid discovers that summer vacation in Finland isn't as bad as first feared. In a few hot weeks she ...
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, independent film
Audience:
teens, pre-teens
Plot:
sexual awakening, teenage sexuality, teenage girl, coming of age, summer vacation, relationships, couple relations, teenage love, teenage life, family relations, teen romance, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
year 1984, 80s
Place:
finland
Similarity:
51%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Taryn finds herself gaining much-desired popularity when the charismatic new girl at school claims her as a “breath sister," teaching Taryn about the Choking Game. Hiding it from her ever-present mother, best friend, and teachers, Taryn sees ...
Style:
psychological, teen, captivating, disturbing, suspense ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, peer pressure, social issues, female protagonist, teenager, girl, most dangerous game, suffocation, socially awkward, teenage girl, schoolgirl, desire ...
Similarity:
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232
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Story:
A coming of age drama that follows two 15-year old girls, Zoe and Shelby, through the physical and emotional growing pains of their youth. As they test the limits of their relationship and the impact of an older married man, they forge a friendship ...
Style:
psychological, captivating, emotional, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
dysfunctional family, coming of age, abusive father, friendship, teenager, illness, youth, family relations, female friendship, adolescence, sexual awakening, self discovery ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Mariana (15) is annoyingly in love with the school's badboy, Ali2, but he is occupied with the only blonde in Romsås.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, captivating, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
young love, adolescence, teenager, friendship, youth, cultural difference, teenage life, teenage love, love and romance, friends, crush, coming of age ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Camille wanders through the countryside talking with frogs and chickens: she sails through life as a carefree soul. But for her older sister, the introverted Mylia, things are more complicated. Mylia is lost between the uncertainty in her family ...
Style:
stylized, feel good, art house
Plot:
sister sister relationship, teenager, coming of age, women, loner, bullying, new school, rural setting, frog, chicken, voice over narration, party ...
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: Belgium, France, Costa Rica
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Eva a 16-year-old girl lives with her mother, her younger sister and their cat, but wants to move in with her estranged father. Clinging onto him, she tries to balance between the tenderness and sensitivity of teenage life.
Style:
captivating, psychological
Plot:
teenage girl, female protagonist, social problems, teenager, parents and children, family problems, grownups, sex scene, coming of age, 16 year old, singing, police ...
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143
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
When teenaged Fern is orphaned in the middle of a harsh Montreal winter, she is determined to avoid her mother’s tragic fate, and take care of herself. With Youth Protection nipping at her heels, she lies about her name and age, to get a job as a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, contemplative, thought provoking, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female protagonist, mother daughter relationship, orphan, teenage girl, teenage protagonist, cleaning lady, life is a bitch, coming of age, determination, resilience, society, new life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
montreal, canada
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
17-year-old Joo-ri discovers her father is having an affair with the mother of her hard-headed classmate Yoon-ah.
Style:
suspense, psychological, disturbing, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
love affair, mother daughter relationship, high school student, parents and children, family problems, family relations, male female relationship, relationships, teenage life, dysfunctional family, teenager, love interest ...
Place:
korea, south korea
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
14-year-old Leigh lives with her neglectful father on the outskirts of Brighton. She’s a talented gymnast, training hard for her first competition. When an older half-brother appears at her house one night, Leigh’s lonely existence is altered.
Style:
dramatic, serious, exciting, captivating, independent film ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
youth, teenager, gymnastics, sibling relationship, coming of age, female protagonist, brother sister relationship, gymnast, brother, teenage life, grownups, teenage girl ...
Place:
brighton
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A substitute teacher takes on a job as a year 6 class teacher in a village he does not know. He has to help a student adjust back into school, although none of his classmates want him there.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, psychological, emotional, inspirational ...
Plot:
bullying, school, teacher, children, education, substitute teacher, adult child friendship, school teacher, high school teacher, schoolboy, high school life, social problems ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
49%
6K
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young teenage girl finds herself struggling to take care of herself and her younger brother after being abandoned by their single mother with no choice but to live out on the streets.
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspense, rough, social
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, absent mother, coming of age, brother sister relationship, little brother, teenage protagonist, homeless, friendship, life is a bitch, grownups, society, nothing goes right ...
Place:
east end london, london
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A journey through the memories of teenager Paul Varderman as he reflects on the events leading to the fatal moment his life is cut short. Paul moves to a new school and becomes involved with 'The Freaks', a group on the periphery of school ...
Style:
realistic, serious, bleak, suspense, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
high school, gang, teenage life, youth, high school life, downfall, kids in trouble, bullying, teen angst, tragedy, coming of age, outsider ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Mei has been in love with Yuya all her life. They've grown up together. But when they reach their second year of middle school, Yuya suddenly professes his love for her older sister, Haruna.
Style:
psychological, captivating, romantic drama, melancholic, teen ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, grownups, friendship, couple relations, teen romance, teenage life, coming of age, young love, unrequited love, romantic relationship, relationships, male female relationship ...
Similarity:
49%
150
Genre: Drama
Country: Germany, Moldova
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Anishoara is a 15 years old girl from a small village in Moldova. Her village is situated in a picturesque valley between rolling hills. Life seems calm but archaic alone with her old grandfather Petru and her little brother Andrei. In summer she ...
Style:
captivating, sincere, disturbing, melancholic
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
adolescence, teenager, village, first love, village life, female protagonist, coming of age, teenage life, teenage girl, teenage love, teen romance, life is a bitch ...
Place:
eastern europe
Similarity:
49%
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A high-school girl who lives in a rural town in Japan struggles to define her own way in life. To help her impoverished family she works as a video fetish performer which leads to problems for her and her family with a criminal underworld.
Style:
psychological, captivating, thrilling, tense, emotional ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, desperation, high school, poverty, problem, teenage life, life is a bitch, social problems, teenager, money problems, japanese girl, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan
Similarity:
49%
265
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Sawako enjoys taking photos of older men and making scrapbooks with them. Although the men she has dated have always been older than her, she has been unable to speak well with her father and they have grown apart.
Style:
romantic drama, psychological, captivating, thrilling, romantic ...
Plot:
self discovery, sexual awakening, problem, relationships, romantic relationship, love story, couple relations, love interest, love, relationship problems, love affair, love and romance ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Mexico
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
During the summer, thirteen-year-old Sofia moves to the country house, where her cousin Cristina is waiting for her to spend the vacations. During these days of games and discoveries, the two will be immersed in a love triangle with a man almost ...
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
love triangle, coming of age, sexual awakening, adolescence, loss of innocence, grownups, male female relationship, love story, relationships, teenager, female protagonist, teenage girl ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
After a popular teen falls to her death, her best friend basks in the glow of the social media attention, while their rival seeks to avenge the past and uncover the truth behind the mysterious death.
Style:
captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense, psychological ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
high school, social media, popularity, revenge, investigation, death of best friend, psychopath, fame, teenage life, private investigation, murder investigation, ambition ...
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Switzerland
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Spring 1995 - after the closure of the Needle Park and the public drug scene in Zurich, eleven-year-old Mia and her heroin addicted mother Sandrine are relocated to the countryside. While caring for her mother, Mia spends time with her imaginary ...
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, captivating
Plot:
mother daughter relationship, drug addiction, mother, life is a bitch, mother and daughter, drug addict, social problems, violence, abusive mother, drug, sick mother, family problems ...
Time:
90s
Place:
germany
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: Indonesia
Story:
A friendship of two young girls, Tina and Nadya, who have fallen into dark professions. Friendships often come at a heavy price and end in tragic death, just when they want to change the course of their lives.
Style:
suspense, disturbing, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
violence, female friendship, life is a bitch, teenage life, teenager, teenage girl, family problems, money problems, juvenile delinquency, social problems, society, teenage protagonist ...
Place:
indonesia
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A young woman living on the fringes of society becomes intoxicated by a stranger who overwhelms her quiet life.
Style:
erotic, captivating, psychological, disturbing, crying
Plot:
sexual attraction, female masturbation, male female relationship, social misfits, changing lives, relationships, lifestyle change, love interest, female protagonist, outdoor sex, supermarket, masturbation ...
Place:
spain
Similarity:
49%
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