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I Don't Have Many Friends (2014)
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I Don't Have Many Friends (2014)
Original name: 僕は友達が少ない
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 114 min.
Story: Second year high school student Kodaka Hasegawa has transferred to his new school about a month ago, but he still hasn't made any friends. Kodaka Hasegawa was born from a Japanese father and a British mother. Because of his appearance, people think Kodaka Hasegawa is a troubled kid. One day, Kodaka Hasegawa sees classmate Yozora Mikazuki pleasantly talking to herself. Kodaka Hasegawa talks with her about how to make friends. To make friends, Yozora Mikazuki decides to form the Neighbor's Club and forces Kodaka to enroll in the club.
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, touching, offbeat, realistic, stylized, manga
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, friends, teenage love, youth, society, social misfits, physical appearance, self discovery, love and romance, teenage life, social relations, high school life
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: japan

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out semi serious, humorous, realistic and touching films with plots about friends, youth, friendship, teenage life, coming of age, love and romance and high school life mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like I Don't Have Many Friends: White as Milk, Red as Blood (2013), The Prankster (2010), Defying Gravity (2008), Lovely Complex (2006), Wonderful World End (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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White as Milk, Red as Blood (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Leo falls in love with Beatrice, a slightly older high-school student who has leukemia.
Style: sentimental, touching, semi serious, psychological, humorous
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, love and romance, teenage life, youth, self discovery, high school, leukemia, love story, coming of age, high school life, mentally unstable, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: italy
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The Prankster (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: To the outer world CHRIS KARAS is a shy, handsome, "A" student, the son of a hard-working Greek contractor. But to his closest confidants he is none other than the celebrated Prince of Pranksters, a secret society dedicated to combating ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, light, captivating, realistic
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: self discovery, high school life, youth, teenage life, unfulfillment, society, friendship, couples, high school, lifestyle, love and romance, friends ...
Time: 21st century
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Defying Gravity (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Cassandra, a mute runaway girl, takes refuge in the cemetery in which her mother is laid to rest. She is watched over by Jorge, the cemetery caretaker, an illegal alien who is committed to the restoration of a classic '60 cadillac hearse. Shore ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous, independent film ...
Audience: teens
Plot: teenage life, friendship, family problems, youth, on the run, misfit, social misfits, society, dysfunctional family, dealing with death, mute or deaf, college dropout ...
Time: 21st century
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Lovely Complex (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Japan
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Koizumi Risa an unusually tall high school girl, meets the "vertically challenged" young man Otani Atsushi. They find common ground in height anxieties and interests. Risa (Ema Fujisawa), a tall Japanese girl, gets rejected by a boy ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, romantic ...
Plot: true love, looking for love, high school life, teenage life, youth, misfit, friendship, happy ending, silly humor, disorder, school, social misfits ...
Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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Wonderful World End (2015)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music
Country: Japan
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Seventeen-year-old Shiori’s Gothic Lolita garb attracts a lot of fans to her interactive video blog, a stepping stone she hopes will launch her career as a model and actress. One day while handing out promotional pamphlets, she meets Ayumi, a ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, stylized, captivating, offbeat
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Time: 21st century
Place: japan
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77%
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Saudade (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 167 min.
Story: A film that explores the true meaning of a word by medical professionals, feelings of real people and the images that represent the word to the filmmaker. The viewer will get into a journey through true stories and feelings, chasing the true meaning ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot: hip hop, misfit, social misfits, cause and meaning, friendship, rap, hip hop culture, humour, pop culture, musician's life, friends, japanese culture ...
Place: japan, asia
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My Father Is a Cleaning Lady (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 80 min.
Story: Polo is 16 and has all the worries of a teenager his age. Between a bedridden mother and a sister who dreams of being a Miss, the only one he can look up to is his father. Unfortunately, he works as a maid ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, sincere, captivating, psychological ...
Plot: teenage life, parents and children, family relations, youth, family life, introspection, teenage love, buddies, social relations, kids and family, nursing, humour ...
Time: 21st century
Place: france, europe, paris france
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74%
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Humble Pie (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: At nearly 400 pounds, Tracy Orbison is a wide target. When he sets out to pursue his dream of acting, the grocery clerk finds an assortment of people waiting to dash his dreams. Through it all, Tracy remains irrepressibly upbeat, convinced he's ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, touching, realistic, whimsical
Plot: optimism, follow your dream, rise to the top, physical appearance, family relations, parents and children, humble, social misfits, youth, love and romance, society, teenage love ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Kick'n Rush (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 96 min.
Story: The story revolves around Jakob, Bo and Mikkel - three friends who spend their days lusting over unattainable women and engaging in a variety of illegal activities (i.e. they'll rent a movie and then break into a house to watch it). After ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: teens
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Place: europe, denmark
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The Sale of Paradise (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 106 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, surreal, realistic, light ...
Plot: friendship, social misfits, misfit, immigrant, social relations, friends, society, hotel, haunted by the past, widower, love, migration ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Mo (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Every kid wants to be cool and fit in - life's a blast even when you're different. When Mo's reflection is revealed, he sees a body that doesn't quite resemble any of his peers. Here, he tells the tale of his youth, growing up on ...
Style: sentimental, semi serious, feel good, touching, realistic ...
Plot: youth, family relations, friendship, teenage life, family problems, disability, optimism, hopes, society, social misfits, parents and children, physical appearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, long island
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
Teen's Confessions (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Brazil
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Four sisters work together to raise rent money after learning they have to move to another neighborhood in this coming-of-age drama based on the series.
Style: humorous, touching, captivating, light, sentimental ...
Audience: teen drama
Plot: teenage love, parents and children, coming of age, family relations, high school life, youth, sister sister relationship, friendship, adolescence, love and romance, siblings relations, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: brazil
⇓ similarity ⇓
70%
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Chubby (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Belgium, Switzerland
Duration: 84 min.
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Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Norway
Duration: 90 min.
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68%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, teen ...
Audience: teens
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Duration: 88 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, captivating
Audience: teens
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Confessions of a Womanizer (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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Style: humorous, light, captivating, entertaining, teen ...
Audience: teens
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The Flats (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 102 min.
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Style: realistic, semi serious, touching, captivating, humorous
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65%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Argentina, Chile, Germany, Netherlands
Duration: 104 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Picture Day (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
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Style: realistic, humorous, touching, melancholic, semi serious
Audience: teens
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Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
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Style: humorous, semi serious, contemplative, captivating, psychological ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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Drop (2009)
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 122 min.
Story: "Drop" tells the story of a boy named Hiroshi Shinanogawa, who grew up in the 1980s. He became inspired by the Be-Bop High School manga and decided to become a delinquent. Hiroshi dropped out of a private middle school and transferred to a ...
Style: semi serious, stylized, rough, realistic, humorous ...
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62%
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School Dance (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story: High schooler Jason has found his dream girl—the gorgeous Anastacia. There’s just one problem: she doesn’t know he exists. If he can win a spot on the school’s hottest dance crew, Jason might have a shot. But before he does, he’ll have to ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, touching, light ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
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